| Main Title |
Environmental issues in American history : a reference guide with primary documents / |
| Author |
Magoc, Chris J.,
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| Publisher |
Greenwood Press, |
| Year Published |
2006 |
| OCLC Number |
62493299 |
| ISBN |
0313322082; 9780313322082 |
| Subjects |
United States--Environmental conditions--History--Sources ;
Human ecology--United States--History--Sources ;
Nature conservation--United States--History--Sources ;
Environmental protection--United States--History--Sources ;
Umweltschutz ;
èOkologie ;
USA
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKAR REF |
GE150.M338 2006 |
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Region 4 Library/Atlanta,GA |
06/29/2021 |
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| Collation |
xxxv, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-323) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Nature as a commodity : Native Americans, white settlers, and the Land Ordinance of 1785 -- Controlling water in the early industrialization of New England -- Scientific forestry and the emergence of conservation -- Property rights, technology, and environmental protection : hydraulic gold miners v. farmers in California -- Wildlife conservation : the slaughter and salvation of the bison -- "Reclaiming" the arid West -- Preservation vs. conservation : the epic fight over Yosemite's Hetch-Hetchy Valley -- Progressive women and "municipal housekeeping" : Caroline Bartlett Crane's fight for improved meat inspection -- Getting the lead out : public health and the debate over tetraethyl leaded gasoline -- Causes and consequences of the dust bowl -- The Donora disaster and the problem of air pollution -- Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, and the pesticide debate -- Love Canal and the grassroots movement against toxic waste -- The Endangered Species Act : the rights of nature? -- Three Mile Island and the search for a national energy policy. Uses textual analysis, primary source documents, and an issues-centered approach to introduce American environmental history, |
| Place Published |
Westport, Conn. |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Major issues in American history. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2006 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Major issues in American history, |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2005034852 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20210622131138 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03772cam 2200625 a 45010 |
