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The age of smoke : environmental policy in Germany and the United States, 1880-1970 / Frank Uekoetter.

Van Pelt Library RA576.7.G3 U3413 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Uekötter, Frank, 1970-
Series:
History of the urban environment
Standardized Title:
Von der Rauchplage zur ökologischen Revolution. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Air--Pollution--Germany--History.
Air.
Air--Pollution--United States--History.
Air quality management--Germany--History.
Air quality management.
Air quality management--United States--History.
Smoke prevention--Germany--History.
Smoke prevention.
Smoke prevention--United States--History.
Environmental policy--Germany--History.
Environmental policy.
Environmental policy--United States--History.
History.
Air--Pollution.
United States.
Germany.
Physical Description:
viii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2009]
Contents:
The age of smoke
Modern times, modern problems : controlling smoke, 1880-1914
Pollutants and politics : air pollution control between the wars
Beyond the pall of smoke
Going local, going national : the postwar divergence of environmental policy
Forerunners and pioneers
Environmental revolutions and evolutions
Conclusion : Was the environmental revolution necessary?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-340) and index.
ISBN:
9780822943648
0822943646
9780822960126
0822960125
OCLC:
228363884

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