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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Boyd Gibbons , Adam RomePublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Resources for the Future Press (RFF Press) Edition: Special Reprint ed Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781933115429ISBN 10: 1933115424 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 01 August 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword to the Special Reprint Edition, by Adam Rome Foreword to the Original Edition, by Hans H. Landsberg Preface to the Original Edition 1. The Rouse Vision 2. The Rouse Plan Evolves 3. The Natives 4. The Rich 5. The Shore Stiffens Against Growth 6. Outsiders and Insiders 7. The Auction Afterword About the AuthorReviews'Gibbons s book moves with the grace of a novel.' Business Week 'Should be read by those who care about the future of our communities.' Library Journal 'Wye Island is primarily about people: clammers, crabbers, business executives, storekeepers, land speculators ...Gibbons succeeds in portraying the fear shared by the local citizens - and by implication, most Americans - of change.' Smithsonian 'Gibbons's book moves with the grace of a novel.' Business Week 'Should be read by those who care about the future of our communities.' Library Journal 'Wye Island is primarily about people: clammers, crabbers, business executives, storekeepers, land speculators ...Gibbons succeeds in portraying the fear shared by the local citizens - and by implication, most Americans - of change.' Smithsonian 'Gibbons?s book moves with the grace of a novel.' Business Week 'Should be read by those who care about the future of our communities.' Library Journal 'Wye Island is primarily about people: clammers, crabbers, business executives, storekeepers, land speculators ...Gibbons succeeds in portraying the fear shared by the local citizens - and by implication, most Americans - of change.' Smithsonian Author InformationBoyd Gibbons was president of the Johnson Foundation from 1997 to 2006. He was formerly the director of the California Department of Fish and Game, a senior journalist for National Geographic magazine, Secretary to the Presidenti? s Council on Environmental Quality, and Deputy Under Secretary of the Interior in the Nixon Administration. The original edition of Wye Island won the American Library Associationi? s Award as one of the 'Ten Most Notable Books in 1977.' Adam Rome is an associate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, and author of The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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