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RECORD NUMBER: 1637 OF 1785Main Title | The politics of conservation / | |||||||||||
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Author | Smith, Frank E. ; Smith, Frank Ellis, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Pantheon Books, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1966 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00546088 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Conservation of natural resources--United States--History ; Umweltschutz ; Naturschutz ; USA | |||||||||||
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Collation | 338 pages ; 22 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-324) and index. |
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Contents Notes | In America's haphazard system of handling conservation and resources development, "pork barrel" methods often have been the only way of achieving results. Virtually every major conservation success in American history, from the National Park System to the Tennessee Valley Authority, had deep roots in what is traditionally called pork barrel politics. Frank Smith delves into all the great legislative battles won and lost over the issue of protecting America's natural resouces for the greatest public interest of all the people, highlights the personalities of their participants, and makes special note of the strange alliances that sometimes were formed in keeping the battles alive. The way west -- Clinton's Ditch -- The wide country -- Federal responsibility for the land -- The water barrel -- T.R. -- The first crusade -- Democratic conservation -- Pleasuring grounds for the people -- Marking time in the twenties -- Muscle shoals -- Built for the people of the United States -- F.D.R. -- Labored progress -- From pause to movement -- Today and tomorrow. |