Sixties Sandstorm - Brian C. Kalt

Sixties Sandstorm

The Fight Over Establishment of a Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1961-1970

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2001
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87013-559-0 (ISBN)
19,85 inkl. MwSt
In 1961, Senator Philip Hart of Michigan introduced legislation to add Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes and 77,000 surrounding acres to America's National Park system. The 1600 people who lived in the proposed park area feared not only that the federal government would confiscate their homes, but that a wave of tourists would ensue and destroy their beloved and fragile lands. In response, they organized citizen action groups and fought a nine-year battle against the legislation. This text is not a book about dunes as much as it is about people and their government. It chronicles the public meetings, bills, protests and congressional interactions that led to the signing of the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes Act in 1970. The Dunes park fight is a case study of the politics, the legislative process, citizen response to the expanded role of government in the 1960s, and the rise of the environment movement in America during that decade.

Brian C. Kalt is an a Associate Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law. He was recognized as one of the best legal writers of 2005 by The Green Bag, an entertaining journal of law, which recognizes scholarly creative thought and publishes exemplary legal writing. Kalt was previously an editor on the Yale Law Journal and also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.4.2001
Zusatzinfo notes, photographs, bibliography
Verlagsort East Lansing, MI
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 228 mm
Gewicht 260 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10 0-87013-559-7 / 0870135597
ISBN-13 978-0-87013-559-0 / 9780870135590
Zustand Neuware
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