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RECORD NUMBER: 448 OF 518Main Title | The nature of New York : an environmental history of the Empire State / | |||||||||||
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Author | Stradling, David. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Cornell University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 544474578 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780801445101 (cloth : alk. paper); 0801445108 (cloth : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Human ecology--New York (State)--History ; New York (State)--Environmental conditions ; Environmentalism--New York (State)--History | |||||||||||
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Collation | xi, 277 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | This comes of settling a country : European colonization and the market's arrival -- This wilderness becomes a fertile plain : engineering the Empire State -- We are still in Eden : romanticism, tourism, and the power of culture -- Tainted and unwholesome atmospheres : urban environments, government, and reform -- A sound conservation program : Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and the power of individuals -- Tracing man's progress in making the planet uninhabitable : environmental interest groups and postwar threats -- We live in this filth : the urban crisis, environmental justice, and threats from beyond -- Epilogue : finding places in history. |