The Snail Darter and the Dam: How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Little Fish and Killed a River

The Snail Darter and the Dam: How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Little Fish and Killed a River
ISBN-10
0300173245
ISBN-13
9780300173246
Category
Law
Pages
369
Language
English
Published
2013-06-18
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Zygmunt J. B. Plater

Description

DIVThe untold story of a notorious environmental case and the citizen crusade that carried a little fish through Washington politics and the Supreme Court/div

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