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Dreamers & Defenders - American Conservationists

Dreamers & Defenders - American Conservationists - Thryft
Dreamers & Defenders - American Conservationists - Thryft

Environmental pioneers shaping America's conservation movement.

Reasons to read Dreamers & Defenders: - This book tells the captivating stories of twelve influential environmentalists who played pivotal roles in shaping America's conservation movement. - From the early days of Thoreau and Olmsted to modern pioneers like Rachel Carson and Barry Commoner, each chapter brings to life the triumphs and defeats faced by these individuals. - Through their extraordinary lives, this book highlights the ongoing fight for preserving and protecting the environment, making it a must-read for anyone passionate about conservation and sustainability.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Dreamers & Defenders - American Conservationists

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ISBN: 9780803291560

Description

In Dreamers and Defenders Douglas H. Strong relates the triumphs and
defeats of twelve environmentalists from Henry David Thoreau to Barry
Commoner. Their biographies form the dramatic and ongoing story of the
conservationømovement in America. Beginning with Thoreau, Frederick Law
Olmsted, and George Perkins Marsh, Strong shows that conservation enjoyed
the support of a few writers and scientists even in the heyday of land
development in the mid-nineteenth century. Later chapters are devoted to
John Wesley Powell, who after the Civil War attempted to introduce
enlightened land policies in the arid West; Gifford Pinchot, Theodore
Roosevelt's chief forester; ]ohn Muir, who popularized the gospel of
wilderness preservation; Stephen Mather, who launched the National Park
Service; and Aldo Leopold, advocate of an ethical attitude toward the land.
Other chapters deal with Harold Ickes, who as Franklin D. Roosevelt's
secretary of the interior spurred conservation efforts and encouraged
economic recovery from the Great Depression; David Brower, the
controversial executive director of the Sierra Club; and Rachel Carson and
Barry Commoner, who alerted Americans to the dangers of an environment
increasingly polluted by toxic chemicals.


Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Publication Date: 1988
 

Environmental pioneers shaping America's conservation movement.

Reasons to read Dreamers & Defenders: - This book tells the captivating stories of twelve influential environmentalists who played pivotal roles in shaping America's conservation movement. - From the early days of Thoreau and Olmsted to modern pioneers like Rachel Carson and Barry Commoner, each chapter brings to life the triumphs and defeats faced by these individuals. - Through their extraordinary lives, this book highlights the ongoing fight for preserving and protecting the environment, making it a must-read for anyone passionate about conservation and sustainability.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.