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Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening
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Title
Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening / Douglas Brinkley.
ISBN
9780063212916
0063212919
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
xxx, 857 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 807-819) and index.
Contents
Protoenvironmentalists (1945-1959). The ebb and flow of John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman: polluted and radiated America
Rachel Carson and the shore of the sea
William O. Douglas and the protoenvironmentalists
Wilderness politics, Dinosaur National Monument, and the Nature Conservancy
Saving shorelines
Protesting plastics, nuclear testing, and DDT
John F. Kennedy's new frontier (1961-1963). Forging the new frontier: Stewart Udall and Lyndon Johnson
Wallace Stegner's "Wilderness letter"
The green face of America
Rachel Carson, the Laurence Rockefeller Report, and Kennedy's science curve
The White House Conservation Conference (May 24-25, 1962)
Rachel Carson's alarm
Point Reyes (California) and Padre Island (Texas) National Seashores
Campaigns to save the Hudson River and Bodega Bay
The tag team of John F. Kennedy, Stewart Udall, and Rachel Carson
The limited nuclear test ban treaty
The environmentalism of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon (1964-1973). JFK's last conservation journey
The Mississippi fish kill, the Clean Air Act, and American beautification
The Great Society: Rachel Carson and Howard Zahniser's legacies
The Wilderness Act of 1964
Ending the bulldozing of America
America's natural heritage: Cape Lookout, Big Bend, the Grand Canyon
Defenders: historical preservation, endangered species, and bedroll scientists
"Sue the bastards!" and environmental justice
The unraveling of America, 1968
Lyndon Johnson: champion of wild rivers and national scenic trails (October 2, 1968)
Taking stock of new conservation wins
Santa Barbara, the Cuyahoga River, and the National Environmental Policy Act
Generation Earth Day, 1970-1971
Nixon's environmental activism of 1972: the Great Lakes protection, the DDT ban, and the Stockholm Conference
Epilogue: Last leaves on the tree.
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