Managing the environment, managing ourselves : a history of American environmental policy / Richard N.L. Andrews.

Author/creator Andrews, Richard N. L.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxvii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents Environment and Governance -- Historical Context: European Colonization and Trade -- Colonial Precedents: Environment as Property -- The Constitutional Framework -- Land and Transport: Commercial Development as Environmental Policy -- Agencies and Experts: The Beginnings of Public Management -- Public Health and Urban Sanitation -- Progressivism: Conservation in the Public Interest -- Administering the Environment: Subgovernments and Stakeholders -- Superpower and Supermarket -- The Rise of Modern Environmentalism -- Nationalizing Pollution Control -- Reform or Reaction? The Politics of the Pendulum -- The Unfinished Business of National Environmental Policy -- Environmental Policy in a Global Economy -- The Era of Base Politics -- Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006009073
ISBN9780300111248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN030011124X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780300111248

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GE180 .A53 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold