Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism /

Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Miller, Char, 1951-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2001.
Series:	Pioneers of conservation.
Subjects:	Pinchot, Gifford, > 1865-1946. Conservationists > United States > Biography. Politicians > United States > Biography. Conservation of natural resources > United States > History. Natural resources conservation. Conservation areas. History. Environmental policy. Forestry. Politiciens > États-Unis > Biographies. Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > États-Unis > Biographies. Pinchot, Gifford, > 1865-1946 Conservation of natural resources Conservationists Politicians United States Pinchot, Gifford > 1865-1946 Ökologische Bewegung Geschichte Practice Guideline. Conservationists > United States > Biography Politicians > United States > Biography Conservation of natural resources > United States > History Pinchot, Gifford. Biography Biographies History Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Family Tree
The World of His Father
Relative Power
Rising Son
A Young Stand
An American in Nancy
The Damaged Fabric
A Political Two-Step
Mature Grounds
Keeper of His Conscience?
Family Affairs
A Political Natural
Old Growth
Governing Ambitions
Chiefly Politics
The Widening View
Crosscut
Climax.