Dams, Parks and Politics : Resource Development and Preservation the Truman-Eisenhower Era /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richardson, Elmo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1973.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Natural resources.
National parks and reserves.
Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Conservation of natural resources > United States.
National parks and reserves > United States.
Natural resources > United States.
Environmental policy > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813164366

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