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Author Magoc, Chris J., 1960-

Title Environmental issues in American history : a reference guide with primary documents / Chris J. Magoc.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.

Call No.GE150 .M338 2006
LocationMoore Reference Room

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Description xxxv, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Series Major issues in American history, 1535-3192
Major issues in American history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-323) and index.
Contents Nature as a commodity : Native Americans, white settlers, and the Land Ordinance of 1785 -- Controlling water in the early industrialization of New England -- Scientific forestry and the emergence of conservation -- Property rights, technology, and environmental protection : hydraulic gold miners v. farmers in California -- Wildlife conservation : the slaughter and salvation of the bison -- "Reclaiming" the arid West -- Preservation vs. conservation : the epic fight over Yosemite's Hetch-Hetchy Valley -- Progressive women and "municipal housekeeping" : Caroline Bartlett Crane's fight for improved meat inspection -- Getting the lead out : public health and the debate over tetraethyl leaded gasoline -- Causes and consequences of the dust bowl -- The Donora disaster and the problem of air pollution -- Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, and the pesticide debate -- Love Canal and the grassroots movement against toxic waste -- The Endangered Species Act : the rights of nature? -- Three Mile Island and the search for a national energy policy.
Subject United States -- Environmental conditions -- History -- Sources.
United States.
Environmental conditions.
History.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Human ecology -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Human ecology.
Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Nature conservation.
Environmental protection -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Environmental protection.
ISBN 0313322082 alkaline paper
9780313322082 alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780313322082