Fighting for Thirlmere - The roots of environmentalism

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5625, 2003, Pages 1510-1511

  Ritvo, Harriet ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM;

DECISION MAKING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL RECORD; POLLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY; TOURISM; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTORY; POLICY;

FRESH WATER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037567303     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079920     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. The Lake District constituted a small exception to this generalization, as illustrated by William Wordsworth's unsuccessful opposition to the construction of the Kendal and Windermere Railway, which was completed in 1847. His letters to the editor of the Morning Post are reproduced in The Illustrated Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes, P. Bicknell, Ed. (Congdon and Weed, New York, 1984), pp. 186-198.
2. Thirlmere Defence Association, 1877, Extracts from the Leading Journals on the Manchester Water Scheme (J. Garnett, Windermere, UK, 1878), p. 15.
3. Thirlmere Water Bill, Report of Meeting of Owners and Ratepayers in the Town Hall, Manchester, UK, 16 August 1878.
4. J. F. L. Bateman, History and Description of the Manchester Waterworks (T. J. Day, Manchester, UK, 1884), p. 216.
5. J. J. Harwood, The History and Description of the Thirlmere Water Scheme (Henry Blacklock, Manchester, UK, 1895), p. 179.