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Book

Environmental protection

Author

Wil Mara

Call Number

  • J 363.7 MARA (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Children's Press, c2013.

Physical Description

64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Summary

The relationship between human progress and its effect on the natural environment has long been a contentious issue. This book details the history of the environmental movement in the United States, from its first stirrings in the writings of Henry David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh to recent debates over climate change and energy sources.

Contents

  • The domino effect
  • The first age of American environmentalism
  • What goes around comes around
  • Rise and fall
  • Too many cooks
  • What happened where?
  • What's next?

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