First along the river [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement / / Benjamin Kline
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| Autore: |
Kline Benjamin <1955->
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| Titolo: |
First along the river [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement / / Benjamin Kline
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 4th ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.720973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmentalism - United States - History |
| Environmental policy - United States - History | |
| Nature - Effect of human beings on - History | |
| Green movement - United States - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Coverpage; First Along the River; Copyrightpage; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Philosophical Foundations; Chapter 2. The 1400s through the 1700s: Inhabiting a New Land; Chapter 3. The Early 1800s: Destroying the Frontier; Chapter 4. The Late 1880s: Building an Industrial Nation; Chapter 5. The 1900s through the 1930s: Beginnings of the Conservation Movement; Chapter 6. The 1940s through the 1960s: Prelude to the Green Decade; Chapter 7. The 1970s: The Conservation Movement Matures; Chapter 8. The 1980s: A Conservative Backlash |
| Chapter 9. The Early 1990s: Government Retrenchment and Public ApathyChapter 10. The Late 1990s: The Institutionalization of the Environmental Movement; Chapter 11. The Environmental Movement in the Post 9/11 World: 2000-2010; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography and Suggested Readings; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | First Along the River introduces students to the U.S. environmental movement. Concise, accessible, and informative, this book provides students with a balanced, historical perspective on the history of the environmental movement in relation to major social and political events in U.S. history. The book highlights important people and events, places critical concepts in context, and shows the impact of government, industry, and population on the American landscape. The fourth edition includes a new chapter that covers the entire enviro |
| Titolo autorizzato: | First along the river |
| ISBN: | 1-282-98596-5 |
| 9786612985966 | |
| 1-4422-0400-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460248503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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