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Dams, parks & politics : resource development & preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower era / / Elmo Richardson



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Autore: Richardson Elmo Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dams, parks & politics : resource development & preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower era / / Elmo Richardson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University of Kentucky Press, , 1973
©1973
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 333.7/0973
Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - United States
Natural resources - United States
National parks and reserves - United States
Conservation of natural resources - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
Sommario/riassunto: This 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
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ISBN: 0-8131-6436-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460960203321
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