David Brower : The Making of the Environmental Movement /

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In this first comprehensive authorized biography of David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century, Tom Turner explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. Frequently compared to John Muir, David...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Tom (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2015]
Temas:
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • Prologue: A Tense Meeting in the Mountains
  • 1. From Berkeley to the Sierra: An Outdoorsman Is Born
  • 2. Yosemite
  • 3. Into the Sierra Club
  • 4. Love and War
  • 5. A Sierra Club Leader Emerges
  • 6. The Battle Against Dams in Dinosaur
  • 7. The Battle for Wilderness
  • 8. Big Books for a Cause
  • 9. Growing Pains and Saving the Grand Canyon
  • 10. Uncivil War
  • 11. From Archdruid to Friend of the Earth
  • 12. Friends of the Earth Takes on the World
  • 13. A Resumption of Hostilities
  • 14. Back to the Sierra Club
  • 15. The End of the Trail
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Appendix: Books Published under the Editorial Direction of David R. Brower
  • NOTES
  • Bibliography
  • INDEX

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