The greening of a nation? : environmentalism in the United States since 1945 : Rothman, Hal, 1958-2007 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xiii, 219 pages : 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index

The quiet afterglow : environment as an upper-class phenomenon -- The Echo Park controversy and the resurgence : from the Colorado River Storage Project to the Wilderness Act of 1964 -- Institutional environmentalism : federal agencies and their publics -- Idealism, utopianism, and the newest back-to-nature movement : the 1960s -- Environment reaches the government : NEPA, EPA, Earth Day, and the rebirth of bipartisan political support -- Risk and culture : nuclear power, hazardous waste, the Superfund, and the concept of "environmental justice" -- Arch villain, hero, or consensus-buster? James Watt and the end of an era -- Earth Day revisited : a global ethos or a political problem?