The Bulldozer in the Countryside
Subtitle: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (Studies in Environment and History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 16, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780521800594
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Management of land & natural resources; Urban & municipal planning; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Suburbs; History - U.S; History: American; USA; United States; Natural Resources; United States - 20th Century; Environmentalism--United States--History; History / United States / 20th Century; History; Environmental aspects; Environmentalism
First sentence: In 1950, photographer William Garnet made a series of aerial photographs of the construction of Lakewood Park, a California suburb.