Smokestacks and Progressives
Subtitle: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881--1951
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801872501
Subjects: Atmospheric pollution; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Political activism; Social history; 20th century; c 1900 - c 1914; History; Environmental Studies; History: American; USA; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Environmental Science; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: In May of 1899, a New York Tribune editorial mourned the costs of several recent environmental disasters.