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An Everglades providence : Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American environmental century /
No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classic work: The Everglades: River of Grass had become synonymous with Everglades protection. The crus...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Environmental history and the American South.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Author's Note and Acknowledgments; PART ONE; 1 Journey's End; 2 River of Life; 3 Lineage; 4 Mr. Smith's "Reconnoissance"; 5 Birth and Despair; 6 Suicide; 7 Growing Up; 8 Frank's Journey; 9 The Sovereign; 10 Wellesley; 11 Reports; 12 Marriage; 13 By Violence; 14 Killing Mr. Bradley; PART TWO; 15 A New Life; 16 Conservationists; 17 Rights; 18 World War; 19 Land Booms; 20 The Galley Slave; 21 Hurricanes; 22 Stories; 23 The Proposal; 24 The Book Idea; 25 The Park Idea; 26 Dedications; PART THREE; 27 An Unnecessary Drought; 28 Perishing and Publishing; 29 Grassroots.
- 30 The Jetport31 The Conversion; 32 Regionalism and Environmentalism; 33 The Kissimmee; 34 Grande Dame; 35 Justice and Equality; 36 The Gathering Twilight; Epilogue: "Without Me"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.