Nature's burdens : conservation and American politics, the Reagan era to the present / Daniel Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Daniel, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

Conservation of natural resources.

Conservation of natural resources--Government policy--United States--History--21st century.

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

Environmental policy.

History.

Conservation of natural resources--Government policy.

United States.

Environmental policy--United States--History--21st century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 312 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"A political and intellectual history of natural resource conservation from the 1980s into the twenty-first century--a period of intense political turmoil, shifting priorities among policymakers, and changing ideas conservation. An account of new ideas and policies regarding human relationships to plants, and animals in modern environmentalism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An auspicious setting

Origins of gridlock: the Reagan years

Upheaval : the environmental movement in transition

An intellectual revolution

Forests and owls

Conservation on trial : the Clinton years

Land conservation, circa 2000

A perilous course : twenty-first century conservation

American conservation : a progress report.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607325697

1607325691

OCLC:

959698423