Dams, parks & politics : resource development & preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower era / Elmo Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Elmo, 1930-2011, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Natural resources--United States.

Natural resources.

National parks and reserves--United States.

National parks and reserves.

Conservation of natural resources--United States.

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University of Kentucky Press, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a chronicle of the myopia and gamesmanship that dominated Americans' understanding of their environment on the eve of the nation's ecology crisis. Based almost entirely on primary sources, Elmo Richardson's study examines the interplay between the national policies and programs for development and preservation of natural resources in the centralist Truman administration and the localist, enterprise-oriented Eisenhower administration. He shows that the decade examined brought about very little change in the values held by federal policy makers. Although the development of resources

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue THE NEW DEAL LEGACY; Chapter One CVA: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN; Chapter Two THE LAND GRABBERS; Chapter Three THE PARKS' EVAPORATION RATE; Chapter Four THE WEST & THE MANDATE FOR CHANGE; Chapter Five DOUG McKAY & THE DRAGON SLAYERS; Illustrations; Chapter Six THE PITFALLS OF PARTNERSHIP; Chapter Seven JUST A TINY DINOSAUR; Chapter Eight THE GIVEAWAY BRAND; Chapter Nine BATTLE OF THE CHAMPIONS; Epilogue RIGHT MAN ON THE LID?; Notes; Primary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6436-2

OCLC:

614887149