TY -
BOOK
AU - Magoc, Chris J.
TI -
Environmental issues in American history
a reference guide with primary documents
PB - Greenwood Press
SN - 9780313322082
SN - 0313322082
KW - Human ecology United States History Sources
KW - Nature conservation United States History Sources
KW - Environmental protection United States History Sources
KW - United States Environmental conditions History Sources
KW - USA
KW - Umwelt
KW - Gefährdung
KW - Geschichte 1785-2004
KW - Nutzung
PY - 2006
N2 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-323) and index
N2 - 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
BT - Major issues in American history
CY - Westport, Conn. [u.a.]
UR - http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2
ER -