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Series Foreword Preface Chronology of Events Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Nature as a Commodity: Native Americans, White Settlers, and the Land Ordinance of 1785 Chapter Three: Command and Control of Water in the Early Industrialization of New England Chapter Four: Scientific Forestry and the Emergence of Conservation Chapter Five: Property Rights, Technology, and Environmental Protection: Hydraulic Gold Miners vs. Farmers in California Chapter Six: Wildlife Conservation: The Slaughter and Salvation of the Bison Chapter Seven: "Reclaiming" the Arid West Chapter Eight: Preservation vs. Conservation: The Epic Fight Over Yosemite's Hetch-Hetchy Valley Chapter Nine: Progressive Women and "Municipal Housekeeping:" Caroline Bartlett Crane's Fight for Improved Meat Inspection Chapter Ten: Getting the Lead Out: Public Health and the Debate Over Tetraethyl Leaded Gasoline Chapter Eleven: Causes and Consequences of the Dust Bowl Chapter Twelve: The Donora Disaster and the Problem of Air Pollution Chapter Thirteen: Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, and the Pesticide Debate Chapter Fourteen: Love Canal and the Grassroots Movement Against Toxic Waste Chapter Fifteen: The Endangered Species Act: The Rights of Nature? Chapter Sixteen: Three Mile Island and the Search for a National Energy Policy Selected Bibliography
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
United States -- Environmental conditions -- History -- Sources.
Human ecology -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Environmental protection -- United States -- History -- Sources.