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Richard S. Newman is Professor of History at the Rochester Institute of Technology. A native of Buffalo, New York, he is the author and/or editor of five previous books, including The Palgrave Environmental Reader.

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I've known that Love Canal was a toxic waste site, but pretty much nothing else until reading this book. The book was a really thorough and interesting look into the ecological history of the location, and also talked about the environmental activism that it sparked.

I don't think this is a great book to be introduced to Love Canal. The author makes heavy use of foreshadowing and less use of actually writing about things. I took a writing class once where our professor always told us "tell them what you're going to tell them (for the introduction), tell them (body of the report), and then tell them what you told them (for the conclusion)." This book felt like 70% "tell them what you're going to tell them" and only 30% "tell them."… (plus d'informations)
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lemontwist | Jun 3, 2022 |

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