| Description |
xv, 630 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in environment and history |
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Studies in environment and history.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 544-604. |
| Contents |
Introduction: environmental politics - the new and the old -- From conservation to environment -- Variation and pattern in the environmental impulse -- The urban environment -- The nation's wildlands -- The countryside: a land rediscovered, yet threatened -- The toxic environment -- Population, resources, and the limits to growth -- Environmental inquiry and ideas -- The environmental opposition -- The politics of science -- The politics of economic analysis and planning -- The middle ground: management of environmental restraint -- Environmental politics in the States -- The politics of legislation, administration, and litigation -- The Reagan antienvironmental revolution -- Environmental society and environmental politics. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- United States -- History.
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Environmental protection -- United States -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
United States Environment Policies of government, 1955-1985 |
| Added Author |
Hays, Barbara D.
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| ISBN |
0521324289 |
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9780521324281 |
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