Love Canal : a toxic history from Colonial times to the present /

Newman, Richard S.,

Love Canal : a toxic history from Colonial times to the present / Richard S. Newman. - xvii, 306 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: of burial mounds and toxic tombs -- Past as prologue: developing Niagara before Love Canal -- Building Love's canal -- The master of the chemical machine: the rise of Hooker -- Worlds collide at Love's canal -- A toxic subdivision: the problem at Love Canal -- Growing protest at Love Canal -- Widening the circle of influence -- In the end is the beginning: Love Canal lessons -- Creative destruction: resettling Love Canal and its discontents.

9780195374834 0195374835

2015032081


Pollution--History.--New York (State)--Niagara Falls Metropolitain Area
Hazardous waste site remediation--History.--New York (State)--Niagara Falls Metropolitain Area


Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)--History.
New York (State)--Environmental conditions--History.

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