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The nature of New York : an environmental history of the Empire State / David Stradling.

By: Stradling, DavidMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Bristol : Cornell University Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2010Description: xi, 277 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780801445101 (cased) :; 0801445108 (cased) :Subject(s): Human ecology -- New York (State) -- History | Environmentalism -- New York (State) -- History | New York (State) -- Environmental conditionsDDC classification: 304.2809747
Contents:
This comes of settling a country : European colonization and the market's arrival -- This wilderness becomes a fertile plain : engineering the Empire State -- We are still in Eden : romanticism, tourism, and the power of culture -- Tainted and unwholesome atmospheres : urban environments, government, and reform -- A sound conservation program : Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and the power of individuals -- Tracing man's progress in making the planet uninhabitable : environmental interest groups and postwar threats -- We live in this filth : the urban crisis, environmental justice, and threats from beyond -- Epilogue : finding places in history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This comes of settling a country : European colonization and the market's arrival -- This wilderness becomes a fertile plain : engineering the Empire State -- We are still in Eden : romanticism, tourism, and the power of culture -- Tainted and unwholesome atmospheres : urban environments, government, and reform -- A sound conservation program : Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and the power of individuals -- Tracing man's progress in making the planet uninhabitable : environmental interest groups and postwar threats -- We live in this filth : the urban crisis, environmental justice, and threats from beyond -- Epilogue : finding places in history.

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