Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism
Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related.
| Main Author: | Miller, Char, 1951- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Shearwater Books,
[2001]
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| Physical Description: |
458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Family Tree -- World of His Father -- Relative Power -- Rising Son -- A Young Stand -- An American in Nancy -- Damaged Fabric -- A Political Two-Step -- Mature Grounds -- Keeper of His Conscience? -- Family Affairs -- A Political Natural -- Old Growth -- Governing Ambitions -- Chiefly Politics -- Widening View -- Crosscut -- Climax. Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related. |
| Physical Description: |
458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1559638222 9781559638227 1559638230 9781559638234 |