| Beauty, Health, and Permanence: Environmental Politics in the United States, 1955-1985 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hays, Samuel P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521389283 ISBN-13: 9780521389280 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $59.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1989 Annotation: Bringing together a wide range of environmental issues that have been debated since the mid-1950s, this book views these issues as a result of changes in values in American society since World War II. The author explores such substantive issues as pollution, natural lands, chemical carcinogens, and population-resources balances. He examines the politics of environmental science, economic analysis, planning, and management, and traces the impact of environmental issues on local, state, and federal government. The book explores political controversy to shed light on the working of political institutions and to establish their relationship to social change. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 363.7 |
| Series: Studies in Environment and History |
| Physical Information: 1.57" H x 5.92" W x 9.12" (2.10 lbs) 648 pages |