Main Title |
Land and water |
Author |
Smith, Frank Ellis
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Publisher |
Chelsea House Publishers, |
Year Published |
1971 |
OCLC Number |
00142763 |
Subjects |
Conservation of natural resources--US--History--Sources
|
Additional Subjects |
Conservation of natural resources--US--History--Sources
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
S930.S55 |
v.1-2 |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
06/03/2019 |
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Collation |
2 v. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
{1} 1492-1900.--{2} 1900-1970. |
Contents Notes |
{1} 1492-1900.--{2} 1900-1970. {v.1} The Colonial period.-- The Continental Congress.-- The beginnings of land disposal policy.-- Internal improvements.-- The Erie Canal.-- Consitutionality of internal improvements.-- Clay vs. Jackson.-- Appropriations.-- Preemption Acts.-- Toward free land and soil.-- Improving the Mississippi River.-- Philosophers of Conservation: Thoreau, Marsh, McGee.-- A beginning for timber conservation.-- Land grants.-- Federal Waterway development.-- Timber land troubles.-- John Wesley Powell and land reform.-- A start for forest conservation.-- Beginning scientific forestry. {v.2} Theodore Roosevelt.-- Reclamation.-- Attempts to coordinate national water policy.-- The public domain.-- Establishing federal policy for water power.-- Federal forestry.-- The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.-- Controlling the Mississippi.-- Broader water planning.-- The waters of the Colorado.-- Franklin D. Roosevelt.-- Harold Ickes.-- Soil Conservation.-- The dust bowl.-- The Tennessee Valley Authority.-- Flood control and water development programs.-- Multiple-use forestry.-- Harry S. Truman.-- Dwight D. Eisenhower.-- John F. Kennedy.-- Lyndon B. Johnson. |
Place Published |
New York, NY : |
PUB Date Free Form |
1971. |
Series Title Untraced |
Conservation in the United States, a documentary history |
BIB Level |
m |
Document Type |
BC |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
75093814 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20020225101330 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02398nam 2200349 45020 |