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Hal Rothman chronicles the American response to the environment in the 20th century, showing how the idea of conservation management was transformed after World War II into a program for quality of life. His cogent narrative history is punctuated throughout with accounts of crucial episodes in the growth of environmentalism-Hetch-Hetchy, the Echo Park Dam, the oil spill at Santa Barbara, Love Canal, and others. A thoughtful tracking of the American environmental sympathies during this century. -Kirkus Reviews. American Ways Series.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Saving the Planet
• Subtitle: The American Response to the Environment in the Twentieth Century
• Author: Hal Rothman
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9781566632881
• ISBN: 1566632889
• ID: 05082621
• Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 218 × 144 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. January 2000

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