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Harvard historical monographs volume 40
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1959
Language
English
Description
The relevance and importance of Samuel P. Hay's book, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency, has only increased over time. Written almost half a century ago, it offers an invaluable history of the conservation movement's origins, and provides an excellent context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions. Against a background of rivers, forests, ranges, and public lands, this book defines two conflicting political...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Douglas Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision. Now Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Language
English
Description
A history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Civilian ConservationCorps program and its political, economic, and environmentalimpact during the implementation of the New Deal in the 1930s and on environmentalism in the twenty-first century.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Nature on the brink? Maybe not. With so much bad news in the world, we forget how much environmental progress has been made. In a narrative that reaches from Native American tribal practices to public health and commercial hunting, Wild at heart shows how western attitudes towards nature have changed dramatically in the last five hundred years. The Chinook gave thanks for King Salmon's gifts. The Puritans saw Nature as a frightening wilderness, full...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Presents the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a program that employed impoverished young men during the Great Depression to build and improve hundreds of state and national parks, plant trees, and restore agricultural land.
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