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Beauty, Health, and Permanence

Environmental Politics in the United States, 1955-1985

Beauty, Health, and Permanence( )
Author: Hays, Samuel P.
Contribution by: Crosby, Alfred W.
Worster, Donald
Series title:Studies in Environment and History Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-38928-0
Publication Date:Aug 1989
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $42.99
Book Description:

Bringing together a wide range of environmental issues that have been debated since the mid-1950s, this book views these issues as a result of changes in values in American society since World War II. The author explores such substantive issues as pollution, natural lands, chemical carcinogens, and population-resources balances. He examines the politics of environmental science, economic analysis, planning, and management, and traces the impact of environmental issues on local, state,...
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Book Details
Pages:648
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.892 x 1.209 Inches
Book Weight:1.94 Pounds
Author Biography
Hays, Samuel P. (Author)
Alfred Worcester Crosby Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 15, 1931. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard University in 1952. He served as a sergeant in the Army in the Panama Canal Zone. After his service, he received a doctorate in history from Boston University. He taught at Washington State University for 11 years and at the University of Texas in Austin for 22 years. He retired in 1999 as professor emeritus of geography, history, and American studies.

He was considered the father of environmental history. He incorporated studies of biology, ecology, geography, and other sciences in his efforts to chronicle and understand human events. He wrote numerous books including The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492; Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900; Germs, Seeds and Animals: Studies in Ecological History; The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600; and Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy. He died from complications of Parkinson's disease on March 14, 2018 at the age of 87.

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