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No Right-Of-Way
Lewington, Peter
Publisher: Fitzhenry and WhitesideYear Published: 1992 Pages: 272pp Price: $32.50 hardcover Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX15862 The author tells the story of a small group of determined agriculturalists and environmentalists who took on industry, government and the courts for the rights of farmers to protect their land and the environment. Abstract: - Table Of Contents Foreword Preface 1 Gossamer Threads 2 A Flawed System 3 Farmland, the Limited Resource 4 A Micro View 5 A Macro View 6 Railroaded 7 Without the Owner's Consent 8 Style, Tile, and Bile 9 Rural Revolt 10 Pyrrhic Victory 11 The Lewington Drain 12 A Journeyman in the Just Society 13 Nature Makes One Inch of Topsoil Every Thousand Years 14 A Majority of One 15 Creativity of an Unusual Degree 16 A Higher Duty 17 A Question of Credibility 18 Of a Prescient Character 19 The Media 20 A New Generation 21 The Supreme Courts 22 The NEB Revisted 23 Ideas Incorporated 24 Soil Isn't Just Dirt 25 A Winning Blueprint Epilogue Appendix: Directory of Organizations Involved with Energy, the Environment, and Land Use Glossary Bibliography Index Subject Headings |