Saving the Planet: The American Response to the Environment in the Twentieth Century

by Hal K. Rothman

Book Overview

Hal Rothman chronicles the American response to the environment in the 20th century, showing how the idea of conservation management was transformed after World War II into a program for quality of life. His cogent narrative history is punctuated throughout with accounts of crucial episodes in the growth of environmentalism--Hetch-Hetchy, the Echo Park Dam, the oil spill at Santa Barbara, Love Canal, and others. A thoughtful tracking of the American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566632889
• ISBN13: 9781566632881
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

You MUST own a copy of this book!!!!

This book is very well written and speaks not only to current environmental issues, but also to ones of the past. Everyone should have a copy of this book. When writing a paper on Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING and the environmental movement of the 1960's, this book saved my life! The information was so helpful, and it really helped me to to understand the "Big Picture" behind environmentalism. My history teacher hopes to incorporate this text into the cirriculum next year. It is an excellent book, and is worth every penny!!!THANK YOU HAL ROTHMAN for this environmental masterpiece!