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Nature's new deal : the Civilian Conservation Corps and the roots of the American environmental movement / Neil M. Maher.
LIBRA S930 .M155 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maher, Neil M., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--History.
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.).
- Conservation of natural resources--United States--History.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- History.
- United States.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- x, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction: New Deal Conservation 3
- 1 Ideas: Franklin Roosevelt's Progressive Era Influences 17
- 2 Landscape: The Evolution of CCC Conservation 43
- 3 Labor: Enrollee Work and the Body Politic 77
- 4 Community: Locals and Next-Door Natures 115
- 5 Nation: The Great Conservation Debate 151
- 6 Planning: From Top-Down Conservation to Bottom-Up Environment 181
- Epilogue: New Deal Landscapes in the Environmental Era 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-300) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780195306019
- 0195306015
- OCLC:
- 82472952
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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