| Edition |
Third edition. |
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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (212 entries) : 6 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Form |
Also available in print version. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Environmental protection -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Neimark, Peninah, 1938- editor.
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Mott, Peter Rhoades, editor.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1682175502 9781682175507 xxxiii, 347 pages : illustrations |
| ISBN |
9781786846747 electronic version |
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1682175502 print |
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9781682175507 print |
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