Presidents and the American Environment

by Otis L. Graham Jr.

In 1891 Benjamin Harrison, the first president engaged in conservation, had to have this new area of public policy explained to him by members of the Boone and Crockett Club. This didn't take long, as he was only asked to sign a few papers setting aside federal timberland. But from such small moments great social movements grow, and the course of natural resource protection policy through 22 presidents has altered Americans' relationship to the natural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700620982
• ISBN13: 9780700620982
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"