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UNINA9910466546303321 |
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Titolo |
The environmental debate : a documentary history, with timeline, glossary, and appendices / / edited by Peninah Neimark and Peter Rhoades Mott |
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Amenia, NY : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-78684-674-8 |
1-68217-551-0 |
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Edizione |
[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxxiii, 347 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmentalism - United States - History |
Environmental protection - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of American environmental thought and action -- Part II. Politicians, naturalists, and artists in the new nation, 1776-1839 -- Part III. The origins of environmental activism, 1840-1889 -- Part IV. The roots of the conservation movement, 1890-1919 -- Part V. Rethinking our relationship to nature, 1920-1959 -- Part VI. The heyday of the environmental movement, 1960-1979 -- Part VII. Confronting economic and social realities, 1980-1999 -- Appendix I: Significant dates in American environmental history -- Appendix II: Major conservation and environmental organizations -- Glossary -- Further readings -- Copyright acknowledgments. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This unique collection of Primary Documents examines the evolution of concern about environmental degradation, pollution, climate change, and resource conservation in America from the Colonial period the present. |
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