Examines factors that have shaped our national environmental consciousness, and traces the shift from the conservation ethic of the early twentieth century to the present-day concern with the quality
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The first balanced look at the evolution and significance of environmentalism, THE GREENING OF A NATION demonstrates the many attitudes Americans have held toward nature, as well as how these attitud
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