03126nam 2200649 450 991046096020332120200520144314.00-8131-6436-2(CKB)3710000000334680(EBL)1915884(SSID)ssj0001433485(PQKBManifestationID)11995110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433485(PQKBWorkID)11434618(PQKB)11297162(MiAaPQ)EBC1915884(OCoLC)614887149(MdBmJHUP)muse44401(Au-PeEL)EBL1915884(CaPaEBR)ebr11005611(CaONFJC)MIL691603(OCoLC)900345217(EXLCZ)99371000000033468020150121h19731973 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDams, parks & politics resource development & preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower era /Elmo RichardsonLexington, Kentucky :The University of Kentucky Press,1973.©19731 online resource (264 p.)Includes index.1-322-60321-9 0-8131-5445-6 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue THE NEW DEAL LEGACY; Chapter One CVA: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN; Chapter Two THE LAND GRABBERS; Chapter Three THE PARKS' EVAPORATION RATE; Chapter Four THE WEST & THE MANDATE FOR CHANGE; Chapter Five DOUG McKAY & THE DRAGON SLAYERS; Illustrations; Chapter Six THE PITFALLS OF PARTNERSHIP; Chapter Seven JUST A TINY DINOSAUR; Chapter Eight THE GIVEAWAY BRAND; Chapter Nine BATTLE OF THE CHAMPIONS; Epilogue RIGHT MAN ON THE LID?; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThis book is a chronicle of the myopia and gamesmanship that dominated Americans' understanding of their environment on the eve of the nation's ecology crisis. Based almost entirely on primary sources, Elmo Richardson's study examines the interplay between the national policies and programs for development and preservation of natural resources in the centralist Truman administration and the localist, enterprise-oriented Eisenhower administration. He shows that the decade examined brought about very little change in the values held by federal policy makers. Although the development of resourcesEnvironmental policyUnited StatesNatural resourcesUnited StatesNational parks and reservesUnited StatesConservation of natural resourcesUnited StatesElectronic books.Environmental policyNatural resourcesNational parks and reservesConservation of natural resources333.7/0973Richardson Elmo541240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460960203321Dams, parks & politics2486743UNINA