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"Collection of essays by Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), founding chief of the U.S. Forest Service and twice governor of Pennsylvania. The social, political, and scientific insights in these essays anticipate many contemporary environmental-policy dilemmas and the growing demand for environmental...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Miller, Char, 1951- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Temas:
1865-1950
Forests and forestry.
GARDENING > Fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Forests and forestry
Politics and government
Pennsylvania > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Pennsylvanie > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
Pennsylvania
essays.
Essays
Essays.
Essais.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • PART 1: FORESTS, FORESTRY, AND FORESTERS
  • Government Forestry Abroad
  • Th e Forests of Ne- Ha- Sa- Ne Park in Northern New York
  • A Plan to Save the Forests
  • In the Philippine Forests
  • Dear Forester
  • The Proposed Eastern Forest Reserves
  • Speech to the Denver Public Lands Convention
  • The ABC of Conservation
  • Mr. Pinchot on Forest Fires
  • Roosevelt's Part in Forestry
  • National or State Control of Forest Devastation
  • A Letter to Foresters
  • Old Evils in New Clothes
  • PART 2: WAR AND PEACE
  • Declaration of Principles: North American Conservation Conference
  • England in War
  • Preparedness and Common Sense
  • An Agricultural Policy for the United States in War Time
  • A Forest Devastation Warning
  • Conservation as a Foundation for Permanent Peace
  • PART 3: GOVERNING THE KEYSTONE STATE
  • The Reclamation of Pennsylvania's Desert
  • The Influence of Women in Politics
  • Inaugural Address
  • The Blazed Trail of Forest Depletion
  • Why I Believe in Enforcing the Prohibition Laws
  • Old Age Assistance in Pennsylvania: Righting the Neglects of Yesterday
  • Politicians or the People?
  • Inaugural Address
  • The Case for Federal Relief
  • Lifting the Farmers Out of the Mud
  • Liquor Control in the United States: The State Store Plan
  • The Pennsylvania State Forests
  • PART 4 : WATER, ENERGY, AND POWER
  • What Shall We Do with the Coal in Alaska?
  • Testimony on the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the House Committee on Public Lands
  • Muscle Shoals
  • Giant Power
  • Prevention First
  • The Power Monopoly: Its Make- Up and Its Menace
  • The Long Struggle for Effective Federal Water Power Legislation
  • PART 5 : NATURAL ENGAGEMENTS
  • One Afternoon at Pelican Bay
  • Swordfishing
  • South Seas Reflections
  • Two's Company
  • Time Like an Ever Rolling Stream
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX

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