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Spearheading environmental change : the legacy of Indiana congressman Floyd J. Fithian / Jill P. May, Robert E. May.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.F565 M39 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- May, Jill P., author.
- May, Robert E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Water resources development--Environmental aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Indiana.
- Legislators--Indiana--Biography.
- Environmentalists--United States--Biography.
- Environmentalists.
- Water resources development--Environmental aspects--Indiana--History.
- Water resources development.
- Environmentalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Environmentalism.
- Politics and government.
- Fithian, Floyd James, 1928-2003.
- Fithian, Floyd James.
- Indiana Dunes National Park (Ind.)--History.
- Indiana Dunes National Park (Ind.).
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Indiana--Indiana Dunes National Park.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 253 pages : maps, illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Legacy of Indiana congressman Floyd J. Fithian
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Spearheading Environmental Change: The Legacy of Indiana Congressman Floyd J. Fithian describes the life of a four-term United States congressman, focusing on his role in the emerging environmental movement in late twentieth-century America. Spearheading Environmental Change highlights Fithian's legislative efforts regarding three water-related issues that profoundly concerned Hoosier and midwestern voters: creating a national park on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan; canceling dam construction near Purdue University; and mitigating flooding in the Kankakee River Basin. The book also covers Fithian's positions on ecologically sensitive issues such as pesticides, noise pollution, fossil fuels, and nuclear power. Largely remembered for his participation in the Democratic reform wave that took over Congress in 1975 post-Watergate (the so-called Class of '74) and as an advocate for Hoosier farmers, Fithian has been overlooked for his role as a force to be reckoned with on the House floor when it came to the nation's environmental challenges. Fithian was a highly ethical, pragmatic reformer bent on preserving his country's natural resources. Spearheading Environmental Change gives Fithian the credit he deserves as an environmental warrior on the national stage"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I FROM VESTA, NEBRASKA, TO CAPITOL HILL
- 1. Heartland Politician
- 2. On Capitol Hill
- 3. Environmental Awakenings
- pt. II THE DUNES
- 4. Save the Dunes
- 5. America's First Urban National Park
- pt. III THE DAM
- 6. An Army Corps Proposition
- 7. Reservoir Vexations
- pt. IV THE RIVER
- 8. Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
- 9. The Indiana-Illinois Tangle
- pt. V POLITICAL AND PERSONAL PROVENANCES
- 10. Life after Congress
- 11. Legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: May, Jill P. Spearheading environmental change
- ISBN:
- 9781612497372
- 1612497373
- 9781612497389
- 1612497381
- OCLC:
- 1269482255
- Publisher Number:
- 99990608727
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