Bøger i Environmental History Series serien

The history of Euro-American farmers on the Great Plains is a story of either agricultural triumph or ecological failure. Geoff Cunfer taps historical agricultural census data paired with GIS mapping to illuminate land use over 130 years. to reassess the interaction between farmers and nature in the Great Plains agricultural landscape.

Drawing on extensive archival work as well as the existing secondary literature, Sterling Evans has woven an intricate story that will change our understanding of the complex, transnational history of the North American continent.

Shows how federal courts and agencies have failed to implement many of the values and goals fundamental to the success of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This book examines NEPA's origins, and addresses how it had been implemented and enforced, and highlights its shortcomings.

This work is a comprehensive examination of the role of air pollution and citizen activism during the rise of environmentalism in the post-World War II United States. It clearly lays out the issues and strategies that prepared the way for the federal clean air legislation of the 1970s.