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"This book traces the history of federal government policy on the environment by describing the actions of presidents on conservation and the environment since Benjamin Harrison, the first president to take significant action to protect the environment. Beginning in the late 19th century, presi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Otis L.
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Temas:
Presidents > United States.
National parks and reserves > United States > History.
Environmental management > Political aspects > United States > History.
Conservation of natural resources > Government policy > United States > History.
Environmental policy > United States > History.
Présidents > États-Unis.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Environnement > Gestion > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Conservation des ressources naturelles > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Conservation of natural resources > Government policy
Environmental management > Political aspects
Environmental policy
National parks and reserves
Presidents
United States
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The new nation's public lands : a first century without a national vision
  • 2. Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, and William McKinley : the idea of preserving the public lands finds cautious presidential sponsors, 1891-1901
  • 3. Theodore Roosevelt : the conservation crusade welcomes a presidential leader, 1901-1909
  • 4. William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover : the conservation agenda, 1910s-1920s
  • 5. Franklin D. Roosevelt : conservation foundations of New Deal leadership, 1930s-1940s
  • 6. Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy : growing and polluting in boom times, 1940s-1950s
  • 7. Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter : environmentalism arrives, 1960s-1970s
  • 8. Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton : presidents brown and pale green, 1980s-1990s
  • 9. George W. Bush and Barack Obama : wobbly leaders, 2000-
  • 10. Trying again for greener presidents.

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