A people's history of environmentalism in the United States /

"This book offers a fresh and innovative account of the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging the dominant narrative in the field. In the widely-held version of events, the US environmental movement was born with the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Montrie, Chad
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Continuum International Publishing, 2011.
Subjects:	Environmental justice > United States. Human ecology > United States > History. Landscape changes > United States > History. Nature > Effect of human beings on > United States > History. United States > Environmental conditions. Environmental Studies. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Puritan to Yankee Redux: Farming, Fishing, and Our Very Own Dark, Satanic Mills
Why "Game Wardens" Carry Guns and Interpretive Rangers Dress like Soldiers: Class Conflict in Forests and Parks
Missionaries Find the Urban Jungle: Sanitation and Worker Health and Safety
Green Relief and Recovery: By Which Working People and Nature Get a New Deal
A Popular Crusade: Organized Labor Takes the Lead against Pollution
To Stir Up Dissent and Create Turmoil: Inventing Environmental Justice.