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The Man from Clear Lake : Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson.
On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nations political agenda. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly si...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison : Chicago :
University of Wisconsin Press, Chicago Distribution Center [distributor]
Aug. 2009 ;
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| Edición: | Large Type. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nations political agenda. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly simple ideaa day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environmentwas the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nations and the worlds political agendas. The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelsons story intersects at times with Fighting Bob La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Público: | Trade |
| ISBN: | 9780299196462 0299196461 |