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Wertz Wendy Read |
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Lynton Keith Caldwell : an environmental visionary and the national environmental policy act / / Wendy Read Wertz |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
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{phono}℗♭2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (534 p.) |
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Environmentalists - United States |
Environmental policy - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: Choosing an Environmental Path; 1 A Century of History and Heritage: The Roots of an Environmental Focus; 2 Marriage, War, Children, and Career; 3 Choosing a Different Path; 4 A New Focus on Education: Ecology and the Environment Become Political Issues, 1965-1968; 5 "Those Were Exciting Years": Toward a National Policy for the Environment; 6 The National Environmental Policy Act and the Start of the "Environmental Decade"; 7 Early Challenges to NEPA: Trying for National Land-Use Policy; 8 NEPA, a New School, and New Directions |
9 Increasing International Focus: The "Visiting Professor" 10 Conservation versus Consumption: A Division in Social Philosophy; 11 The Years of Going Backward; 12 Retirement: A New Focus on Global Environmental Issues; 13 Strengthening NEPA through a Constitutional Amendment; 14 The Grand Old Man of Environmental Policy; 15 The Final Years; EPILOGUE: Leaving a Legacy; Notes; Index; |
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This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960's introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. For the next three decades, Caldwell played a leading role in establishing ethics-based environmental policy and administration as major areas of inquiry in the United States and around the world. Through his tireless global travels, writing, and lectures, and his work |
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with the US Senate, the IUCN, UN, and UNESCO, Caldwell became recognized for his contributions to environmental ethics an... |
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