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The environmental debate : a documentary history with timeline, glossary, and appendices / edited by Peninah Neimark and Peter Rhoades Mott.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2018Edition: Third edition; [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (212 entries) : 6 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786846747
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 304.28/0973 22
  • 363.7/05/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • GE197 .E7 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print version.
Contents:
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.
Abstract: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online GE197 .E7 2017 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518658

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.

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.

Also available in print version.

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