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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:

4th ed.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 227 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Environmentalism--United States--History.
Environmental policy--United States--History.
Nature--History.--History.
Green movement--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and index.

Contents:

Philosophical foundations -- The 1400s through the 1700s: inhabiting a new land -- The early 1800s: destroying the frontier -- The late 1880s: 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 1990s: government retrenchment and public apathy -- The late 1990s: the institutionalization of the environmental movement -- The environmental movement in the post 9/11 world: 2000-2010.

ISBN:

1442203994 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781442203990 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010043371

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)