| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in environment and history
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Studies in environment and history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Levitt's progress: the rise of the suburban-industrial complex -- From the solar house to the all-electric home: the postwar debates over heating and cooling -- Septic-tank suburbia: the problem of waste disposal at the metropolitan fringe -- Open space: the first protests against the bulldozed landscape -- Where not to build: the campaigns to protect wetlands, hillsides, and floodplains -- Water, soil, and wildlife: the federal critiques of tract-house development -- Toward a land ethic: the quiet revolution in land-use regulation. |
| Summary |
The concern today about suburban sprawl is not new. In the decades after World War II, the spread of tract-house construction changed the nature of millions of acres of land, and a variety of Americans began to protest against the environmental costs of suburban development. By the mid-1960s, indeed, many of the critics were attempting to institutionalize an urban land ethic. This is the first scholarly work to analyze the successes and failures of the varied efforts to address the environmental consequences of suburban growth from 1945 to 1970. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmentalism -- United States -- History.
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Environmentalism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Suburbs -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History.
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Suburbs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rome, Adam Ward. Bulldozer in the countryside 0521800595 (DLC) 00058526 (OCoLC)44594084 |
| ISBN |
9781107741744 (electronic book) |
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1107741742 (electronic book) |
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9780511816703 (electronic book) |
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0511816707 (electronic book) |
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0521800595 |
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9780521800594 |
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0521804906 |
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9780521804905 |
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