First along the river : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement /: a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement. (2022)
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- Book
- Title:
- First along the river : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement /: a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement. (2022)
- Main Title:
- First along the river : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement
- Further Information:
- Note: Benjamin Kline.
- Authors:
- Kline, Benjamin, 1955-
- Contents:
- Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Philosophical Foundations 5 2. The 1400s through the 1700s: Inhabiting a New Land 17 3. The Early 1800s: Destroying the Frontier 29 4. The Late 1880s: Building an Industrial Nation 43 5. The 1900s through the 1930s: Beginnings of the Conservation Movement 59 6. The 1940s through the 1960s: Prelude to the Green Decade 79 7. The 1970s: The Conservation Movement Matures 95 8. The 1980s: A Conservative Backlash 113 9. The Early 1990s: Government Retrenchment and Public Apathy 129 10. The Late 1990s: The Institutionalization of 11. The Environmental Movement in the Post-9/11 World: 2000–2010 171 12 A Nation Divided: 2011–2020 189 Conclusion 217 Glossary 221 Bibliography and Suggested Readings 237 Index 245
- Edition:
- Fifth edition
- Publisher Details:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 333.720973
Environmentalism -- United States -- History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781538159347
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781538159323
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