Environmental Control in Appalachia: Politics of the Red River Gorge Dam Controversy, 1962-1975

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dc.contributor.advisorHall, Randalen_US
dc.creatorCook, Kamilen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-11T19:49:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-11-11T19:49:08Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022-03-30en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 1962, Congress approved the building of a dam on the Red River in Eastern Kentucky because of recurring floods affecting Powell County, Kentucky. This dam threatened a beautiful and ecologically unique part of the Red River, and, in response, in 1967 a group of environmental activists gathered together to challenge the building of this dam. After a contracted battle involving the Army Corps of Engineers, environmental activists, politicians, and local people, the dam was never built. Along with chronicling this controversy, my thesis explores the changing conceptions of the environment through the 1960s and 1970s and illustrates that Appalachian environmental activism not only existed, but was contemporary with national movements. I do this with the support of newspapers, letters, legal records, bureaucratic reports and more gathered from the Red River Gorge archive at the University of Kentucky and an online newspaper database.en_US
dc.format.extent85 ppen_US
dc.identifier.citationCook, Kamil. "Environmental Control in Appalachia: Politics of the Red River Gorge Dam Controversy, 1962-1975." Undergraduate thesis, Rice University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.25611/HJ0T-4906.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/HJ0T-4906en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113899en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.rightsCopyrighted material. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmentalismen_US
dc.subjectArmy Corps of Engineersen_US
dc.subjectBureaucracyen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Politicsen_US
dc.subjectDamsen_US
dc.subjectRiversen_US
dc.subjectRed Riveren_US
dc.subjectKentuckyen_US
dc.subjectActivismen_US
dc.subjectCost-Benefit Analysisen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Impact Statementen_US
dc.subjectAppalachiaen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental Control in Appalachia: Politics of the Red River Gorge Dam Controversy, 1962-1975en_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduateen_US
thesis.degree.nameHonor Thesisen_US
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