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This book is a chronicle of the myopia and gamesmanship that dominated Americans' understanding of their environment on the eve of the nation's ecology crisis. Based almost entirely on primary sources, Elmo Richardson's study examines the interplay between the national policies and pr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richardson, Elmo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1973.
Temas:
Environmental policy > United States.
Natural resources > United States.
National parks and reserves > United States.
Conservation of natural resources > United States.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Conservation of natural resources
Environmental policy
National parks and reserves
Natural resources
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is a chronicle of the myopia and gamesmanship that dominated Americans' understanding of their environment on the eve of the nation's ecology crisis. Based almost entirely on primary sources, Elmo Richardson's study examines the interplay between the national policies and programs for development and preservation of natural resources in the centralist Truman administration and the localist, enterprise-oriented Eisenhower administration. He shows that the decade examined brought about very little change in the values held by federal policy makers. Although the development of resources.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813164366
0813164362

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