The environmental debate : a documentary history with timeline, glossary, and appendices /
The environmental debate : a documentary history with timeline, glossary, and appendices /
edited by Peninah Neimark and Peter Rhoades Mott.
- Third edition. [Enhanced Credo edition]
- 1 online resource (212 entries) : 6 images ; digital files.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of American environmental thought and action -- Part II. Politicians, naturalists, and artists in the new nation, 1776-1839 -- Part III. The origins of environmental activism, 1840-1889 -- Part IV. The roots of the conservation movement, 1890-1919 -- Part V. Rethinking our relationship to nature, 1920-1959 -- Part VI. The heyday of the environmental movement, 1960-1979 -- Part VII. Confronting economic and social realities, 1980-1999 -- Appendix I: Significant dates in American environmental history -- Appendix II: Major conservation and environmental organizations -- Glossary -- Further readings -- Copyright acknowledgments.
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
This unique collection of Primary Documents examines the evolution of concern about environmental degradation, pollution, climate change, and resource conservation in America from the Colonial period the present.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781786846747
Environmentalism--History--United States--Sources.
Environmental protection--History--United States--Sources.
GE197 / .E7 2017
304.28/0973 363.7/05/0973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of American environmental thought and action -- Part II. Politicians, naturalists, and artists in the new nation, 1776-1839 -- Part III. The origins of environmental activism, 1840-1889 -- Part IV. The roots of the conservation movement, 1890-1919 -- Part V. Rethinking our relationship to nature, 1920-1959 -- Part VI. The heyday of the environmental movement, 1960-1979 -- Part VII. Confronting economic and social realities, 1980-1999 -- Appendix I: Significant dates in American environmental history -- Appendix II: Major conservation and environmental organizations -- Glossary -- Further readings -- Copyright acknowledgments.
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
This unique collection of Primary Documents examines the evolution of concern about environmental degradation, pollution, climate change, and resource conservation in America from the Colonial period the present.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781786846747
Environmentalism--History--United States--Sources.
Environmental protection--History--United States--Sources.
GE197 / .E7 2017
304.28/0973 363.7/05/0973