Opinions Throughout History: The Environment
Opinions Throughout History: The Environment
Editor/Author
Issitt, Micah L.
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Grey House Publishing
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-68217-953-6
Category: Social Sciences - Contemporary Issues & Controversies
Image Count:
112
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Opinions Throughout History: The Environment offers readers mixed sources of information woven together to highlight the overall momentum of developing public opinion around "green" thinking and environmental policy.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- 1. Pre-American Ecology: Environmental Alteration is Addressed (1100-1854)
- 2. Colonial Environmentalism: The First Land Use & Timber Regulations (1681)
- 3. Transcending Society: The Sacrament of Wilderness (1862)
- 4. The National Park System: Preserving Wilderness for Public Use (1865)
- 5. Animals and the Environment: Creation of the ASPCA (1866)
- 6. The Timber Barons: Profit vs. Sustainability (1889)
- 7. The Conservationists: Save What is Left of the Forests (1901)
- 8. Naturalist in the Capital: Theodore Roosevelt: American Wilderness as America's Cultural Heritage (1908)
- 9. The Park Service: Reforming the Federal Park Management System (1908)
- 10. Lobbyists for Life: Devastating Effects Form Unlikely Alliance (1936)
- 11. The Whole of the Wild: Interconnectiveness of Nature (1944)
- 12. Change Is In the Air: The First Air Pollution Control Act (1955)
- 13. Environmental Progress: Synthetic Pesticides and Corporate Accountability (1962)
- 14. The New Danger: The Protection of Endangered Species (1966)
- 15. Smoke on the Water: The Environmental Protection Agency (1970)
- 16. The Environmental Days: The First Earth Day (1970)
- 17. Beyond the Government: Greenpeace Makes International Headlines (1975)
- 18. Pollution Solutions: Changes in the Automobile Industry (1970)
- 19. Ozone Depletion: Success of the Montreal Protocol (1987)
- 20. Climate Chaos Part I: The First Warning Is Sounded (1847)
- 21. Climate Chaos Part II: Climate-Change Denial (1980s-2000s)
- 22. Globalizing Environmentalism: International Conferences (1972-2017)
- 23. Oceans in the Balance: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (1997)
- 24. Urbane Ecology: Development of Green Cities (1800s-present)
- 25. Renewing Perspectives: Harnessing Wind, Water, and Sun (1960s-present)
- 26. Cyclic Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (1970s-present)
- 27. America's Black Heart: The Debate over Coal (2017)
- 28. Leaving the Environment Behind: Environmental Policies Rolled Back (2017)
- General Conclusion
- Constructing the Future
- Primary & Secondary Sources
- Glossary
- Historical Snapshots
- Bibliography
- About the Author