Sara Dant

Losing Eden (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496236234
• Artikelnr.: 68962846

Autorenporträt

Sara Dant is a Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of history at Weber State University. She is the coauthor of the two-volume Encyclopedia of American National Parks. Tom S. Udall is a former United States senator and representative of New Mexico who has been a strong advocate for renewable energy, the environment, and conservation efforts.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword, by Tom S. Udall
Introduction: The Nature of the West
1. Losing "Eden"
2. The West Transformed
3. Claiming and Taming the Land
4. The Great Barbecue
5. The Pivotal Decade
6. Conservation and Preservation
7. Roll On 
8. Booming the West
9. Building Consensus
10. Environmental Backlash and the New West
11. The Last Frontier
Epilogue: Our Lonely Planet
Index