LEADER 03092nam 2200637 450 001 9910820710703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-6436-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334680 035 $a(EBL)1915884 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001433485 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11995110 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433485 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11434618 035 $a(PQKB)11297162 035 $a(OCoLC)614887149 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44401 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915884 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005611 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691603 035 $a(OCoLC)900345217 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915884 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334680 100 $a20150121h19731973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDams, parks & politics $eresource development & preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower era /$fElmo Richardson 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University of Kentucky Press,$d1973. 210 4$dİ1973 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60321-9 311 $a0-8131-5445-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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; Z 330 $aThis 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 resources 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States 606 $aNatural resources$zUnited States 606 $aNational parks and reserves$zUnited States 606 $aConservation of natural resources$zUnited States 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aNatural resources 615 0$aNational parks and reserves 615 0$aConservation of natural resources 676 $a333.7/0973 700 $aRichardson$b Elmo$0541240 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820710703321 996 $aDams, parks & politics$94103694 997 $aUNINA