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Author:

Kline, Benjamin, 1955-

Title:

First along the river : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement / Benjamin Kline.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

viii, 198 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Leopold, Aldo,--1887-1948.
Environmentalism--History.
Environmental policy--History.
Nature--History.--History.
Green movement--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-192) and index.

Contents:

Philosophical foundations -- The 1400s through the 1700s: inhabiting a new land -- The early 1800s: destroying the frontier -- The late 1880's: building an industrial nation -- The 1900s through the 1930s: beginnings of the conservation movement -- The 1940s through the 1960s: prelude to the green decade -- The 1970s: the conservation movement matures -- The 1980s: a conservative backlash -- The early 1990's: government retrenchment and public apathy -- The late 1990s: the institutionalization of the environmental movement -- The environmental movement in the post 9/11 world.

ISBN:

0742558533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742558533 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007002773

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)