Environmental issues in American history a reference guide with primary documents /
| Main Author: | Magoc, Chris J., 1960- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2006.
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| Physical Description: |
xxxv, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Series: |
Major issues in American history.
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| Subjects: | |
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Table of contents |
Table of 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.