Description |
xxxv, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
Series |
Major issues in American history,
1535-3192
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Major issues in American history.
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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.
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United States. |
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Environmental conditions. |
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Human ecology -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Human ecology. |
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Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Nature conservation. |
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Environmental protection -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Environmental protection. |
ISBN |
0313322082 alkaline paper |
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9780313322082 alkaline paper |
Standard No. |
9780313322082 |
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