Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881-1951
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The evolution of environmental concerns about the air. In Smokestacks and Progressives, David Stradling explains the evolution of one of America's first environmental movements--the antismoke crusade... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801860830
ISBN13:9780801860836
Release Date:July 1999
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:282 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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Important Work
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is an important addition to American urban environmental history. Stradling makes important connections about industrialization and early environmentalism in an interesting way. The book is very well written and enjoyable to read.
Essential reading for all environmentalists and historians.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The author, David S. Stradling, Ph.D., is on the forefront of today's analysis of environmental history. This work will soon be considered the definitive treatise on the subject. I recommend the text unequivocally.
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