The environment / / [Micah L. Issitt]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795120003321
• Autore: Issitt Micah L.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amenia, New York : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2019]; �2019
• ISBN: 1-78785-362-4; 1-68217-954-0
• Edizione: [[Enhanced Credo edition]]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxii, 783 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles
• Collana: Opinions throughout history ; ; 5
• Disciplina: 363.700973
• Soggetti: Environmental protection - United States - History; Climatic changes - United States - History; National parks and reserves - United States - History; Wildlife conservation - United States - History; Energy security - Environmental aspects - United States - History; History; Sources.; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [735]-766).
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Pre-American ecology : environmental alteration is addressed (1100-1854) -- ; 2. Colonial environmentalism : the first land use & timber regulations (1681) -- ; 3. Transcending society : the sacrament of wilderness (1862) -- ; 4. The national park system : preserving wilderness for public use (1865) -- ; 5. Animals and the environment : creation of the ASPCA (1866) -- ; 6. The timber barons : profit vs. sustainability (1889) -- ; 7. The conservationists : save what is left of the forests (1901) -- ; 8. Naturalist in the capital, Theodore Roosevelt : American wilderness as America's cultural heritage (1908) -- ; 9. The park service : reforming the federal park management system (1908) -- ; 10. Lobbyists for life : devastating effects form unlikely alliance (1936) -- ; 11. The whole of the wild : interconnectiveness of nature (1944) -- ; 12. Change is in the air : the first Air Pollution Control Act (1955) -- ; ; 13. Environmental progress : synthetic pesticides and corporate accountability (1962) -- ; 14. The new danger : the protection of endangered species (1966) -- ; 15. Smoke on the water : the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) -- ; 16. The environmental days : the first Earth Day (1970) -- ; 17. Beyond the government : Greenpeace makes international headlines (1975) -- ; 18. Pollution solutions : changes in the automobile industry (1970) -- ; 19. Ozone depletion : success of the Montreal Protocol (1987) -- ; 20. Climate chaos part I : the first warning is sounded (1847) -- ; 21. Climate chaos part II : climate-change denial (1980s-2000s) -- ; 22. Globalizing environmentalism : international conferences (1972-2017) -- ; 23. Oceans in the balance : the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (1997) -- ; 24. Urbane ecology : development of green cities (1800s-present) -- ; 25. Renewing perspectives : harnessing wind, water, and sun (1960s-present) -- ; 26. Cyclic waste : reduce, reuse, recycle (1970s-present) -- ; 27. America's black heart : the debate over coal (2017) -- ; 28. Leaving the environment behind : environmental policies rolled back (2017).
• Sommario/riassunto: Opinions Throughout History: The Environment offers readers mixed sources of information woven together to highlight the overall momentum of developing public opinion around "green" thinking and environmental policy.