| Description |
xi, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
This comes of settling a country : European colonization and the market's arrival -- This wilderness becomes a fertile plain : engineering the Empire State -- We are still in Eden : romanticism, tourism, and the power of culture -- Tainted and unwholesome atmospheres : urban environments, government, and reform -- A sound conservation program : Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and the power of individuals -- Tracing man's progress in making the planet uninhabitable : environmental interest groups and postwar threats -- We live in this filth : the urban crisis, environmental justice, and threats from beyond -- Epilogue : finding places in history. |
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Human ecology -- New York (State) -- History.
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Human ecology. |
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New York (State) |
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History. |
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New York (State) -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Environmentalism -- New York (State) -- History.
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Environmentalism. |
| ISBN |
9780801445101 cloth alkaline paper |
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0801445108 cloth alkaline paper |
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