Dams, Parks and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation the Truman-eisenhower Era - Couverture souple

Richardson, Elmo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813154456 ISBN 13 : 9780813154459

Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2014

Synopsis

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 v

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elmo Richardson is the author of The Politics of Conservation: Crusades and Controversies, 1897-1913, and several articles dealing with federal resource programs during the 1930s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University Press of Kentucky
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813154456
• ISBN 13: 9780813154459
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne