Environmental issues in American history
Subtitle: a reference guide with primary documents
By: Chris J. Magoc.
Series: Major issues in American history,
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Human ecology -- United States -- History -- Sources; Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- Sources; Environmental protection -- United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Environmental conditions -- History -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature as a commodity : Native Americans, white settlers, and the Land Ordinance of 1785; title: Command and cotrol of water in the early industrialization of New England; title: Scientific forestry and the emergence of conservation; title: Property rights, technology, and environmental protection : hydraulic gold miners vs. farmers in California; title: Wildlife conservation : the slaughter and salvation of the bison; title: "Reclaiming" the arid West; title: Preservation vs. conservation : the epic fight over Yosemite's Hetch-Hetchy Valley; title: Progressive women and "municipal housekeeping" : Caroline Bartlett Crane's fight for improved meat inspection; title: Getting the lead out : public health and the debate over tetraethyl leaded gasoline; title: Causes and consequences of the dust bowl; title: The Donora disaster and the problem of air pollution; title: Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, and the pesticide debate; title: Love Canal and the grassroots movement against toxic waste; title: The Endangered Species Act : the rights of nature?; title: Three Mile Island and the search for a national energy policy.