Main Title |
Nature's nation : an environmental history of the United States / |
Author |
Opie, John,
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Publisher |
Harcourt Brace College Publishers, |
Year Published |
1998 |
OCLC Number |
38950531 |
ISBN |
0155002198; 9780155002197 |
Subjects |
United States--Environmental conditions--History ;
Environmental policy--United States--History ;
Ecology ;
Historische Umweltforschung--(DE-588)4291560-0 ;
Umwelt--(DE-588)4061616-2 ;
Umweltpolitik--(DE-588)4078523-3 ;
USA--(DE-588)4078704-7
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
GE150.O65 1998 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
06/11/2004 |
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Collation |
xxii, 517 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
"O strange new wolrd!" -- World we have lost : people of the land -- Federal geography -- When the United States was an undeveloped country -- Unifying American space -- Romantic America and utopianism : laying claim to paradise -- Determining America's environmental future : the rush to industrialize -- Reshaping the nation : the built environment and public works -- Environmental costs of industrial America : cities and landscapes in trouble -- From nature's water to public works water : America becomes a hydraulic civilization -- Hitting on the wall : environmental limits in Appalachia and on the High Plains. Recovering "original America" : the wilderness movement -- Environmentalism enters the American mainstream : environmental science, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, and public awareness -- Risk and regulation : environmentalism enters the modern era -- Into the twenty-first century : the United States and the global environment. Nature's Nation examines our consumer-based industrial and urban society and notes the heavy price paid to create this by placing the political, economic, social and cultural development of the U.S within an environmental framework. |
Place Published |
Fort Worth : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1998. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
97073575 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20040608112940 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02023cam 2200337 a 45010 |