Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings. William Bartram: Travels ; The Journals of Lewis and Clark ; John C. Fremont: "Expedition across the Sierra Nevadas" ; Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Nature" and "The American Scholar" ; Susan Fenimore Cooper: Rural Hours ; Homestead Act of 1862 ; George Marsh: Man and Nature ; Henry David Thoreau: The Maine Woods -- The Middle Years. John Wesley Powell: Canyons of the Colorado ; An Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park ; Carl Schurz: "On the Need for Federal Forest Conservation" ; William T. Hornady: "The Extermination of the American Bison" ; John Muir: "Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park" ; Gifford Pinchot: Letters to John Muir ; Theodore Roosevelt: On the Conservation of Natural Resources ; Declaration of the Conservation Conference ; Henry Beston: The Outermost House ; Stuart Chase: Waste in the Machine Age ; Letter from a Dust Bowl Survivor ; Robert Fechner: My Hopes for the CCC ; Aldo Leopold: "Death of a Species" ; Paley Commission Report: Resources for Freedom ; Antarctic Treaty -- The Modern Era. Rachel Carson: Silent Spring ; Paul Ehrlich: The Population Bomb ; Garrett Hardin: "The tragedy of the Commons" and "The Global Pothole Problem" ; Gaylord Nelson: Proposal for Earth Day ; Clean Air Act Amendments ; Richard Nixon on the Need for Environmental Regulation ; Clean Water Act ; Marine Mammal Protection Act ; Endangered Species Act ; Greenpeace: "Declaration of Interdependence" ; James Lovelock: The Gaia Hypothesis ; Jimmy Carter on the Three Mile Island Incident ; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ; Arne Naess: "Explaining Deep Ecology" ; James Hansen: The Case for Climate Change ; Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill: A Report to the President ; Al Gore: Address to the Kyoto Climate Change Conference ; Paula Dobriansky: "On Working Together to Build Prosperity" ; Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency ; Report on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ; Paris Agreement on Climate Change ; Flint, Michigan: Water Crisis -- Appendixes. Chronological List ; Web Resources ; Bibliography ; Index.
Summary:
"Defining Documents in American History: Environment & Conservation offers in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events that shaped environmental and conservation issues throughout the American history. This text closely studies more than forty primary source documents to deliver a thorough examination of environmentally related events in the U.S. from 1872 to 2015. Defining Documents in American History: Environment & Conservation provides detailed, thought-provoking analysis of: The Demise of the Bison on the Plains; The Founding of the First National Parks; The Emergence of the Modern Conservation Movement; Ecological Consciousness, Earth Day, and Gaia; Contemporary Environmental Battles. An historical timeline and bibliography of important supplemental readings will support readers in understanding the broader historical events and subjects in the period. An introduction for each of the major subjects covered in the title considers the significance of document analysis for students and educators. Each in-depth chapter guides readers with historical insight and comprehension. The documents included represent the diversity of ideas and contexts that defined social, political, and cultural subjects throughout this period in American history."--Publisher website.
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