Unlikely environmentalists : Congress and clean water, 1945-1972 / Paul Charles Milazzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milazzo, Paul Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States--History--20th century.

Environmental policy.

Water--Pollution--Law and legislation.

History.

United States.

Water--Pollution--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.

Water.

Environmental law--United States.

Environmental law.

United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

United States. Congress.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2006]

Contents:

Part I. Development. Setting the agenda : John Blatnik and the developmental politics of water pollution control

The solution to pollution is dilution : the 1960 Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources

The education of an entrepreneur : Edmund S. Muskie and the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution

Part II. Systems. Thinking in systems : the rise of professional ecology

From pollution control to environmental quality : the challenge of NEPA

The movement's moment : the challenge of environmentalism

Part III. Synthesis. The strange career of the Corps of Engineers : transforming water pollution control policy

Drafting the Clean Water Act : systems thinking and the "ecologically sound society"

Defending the Clean Water Act : confronting friends and foes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-330) and index.

ISBN:

0700614753

9780700614752

OCLC:

70176821