Beauty, Health, and Permanence: Environmental Politics in the United States, 1955-1985

by Samuel P. Hays

Book Overview

Bringing together a wide range of environmental issues that have been debated since the mid-1950s, this book views these issues as a result of changes in values in American society since World War II. The author explores such substantive issues as pollution, natural lands, chemical carcinogens, and population-resources balances. He examines the politics of environmental science, economic analysis, planning, and management, and traces the impact of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521389283
• ISBN13: 9780521389280
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"