Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement, Paperback - Neil M. Maher

Reducere. The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers....

Reducere. In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However...

Reducere. The impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on New Mexico is often forgotten, mainly because the subsequent cataclysm of World War II erase...

The impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on New Mexico is often forgotten, mainly because the subsequent cataclysm of World War II erase...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts written by CCC workers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes...

Reducere. The Civilian Conservation Corps was established on March 31, 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of his efforts to pull the country out of...

Reducere. When young Charlie Brightelot first spies the mysterious barracks in the woods near his home, he's not sure what to think. His father explains that...

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Reducere. In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multifaceted U.S. conservation movement from the mid-ninet...

Reducere. The Civilian Conservation Corps was established on March 31, 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of his efforts to pull the country out of...

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"Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945 draws on new histories of local environmental activism to analyze actions of those who he...

Reducere. In 1933, the United States was struggling to survive the Great Depression. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a "New Deal" to put the nation back...

DescriptionWinner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature AwardA Bloomberg View Must-Read Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Titl...

In 1933, the United States was struggling to survive the Great Depression. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal to put the nation back t...

DescriptionChicago is home to more intact African American street murals from the 1970s and 1980s than any other U.S. city. Among Chicago's greates...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Luke W. ColeAuthor: Sheila R. FosterWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the pheno...

Reducere. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical...

Reducere. The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935, volume two of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt ...

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Javanese movement artist Suprapto Suryodarmo (Prapto) died in 2019. He developed, embodied and taught Amerta Movement. This book, covering the earl...

A wonderfully vivid history of Islam after Muhammad's death - and the sequel to Rogerson's acclaimed THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

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The ​inspiring people and grassroots​ ​organizations​ ​that are on​ ​the​ ​front​ ​lines​ ​of​ ​the​ ​battle​ ​to save the ​​planet As the world's ...

Reducere. A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works...

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How the immigration courts became part of the nation's law enforcement agency--and how to reshape them. During the Trump administration, the immigr...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Alison PeckIllustration(s): 1 tableNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x ...

Reducere. The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the bargaining table to the streets. In A New American Labor Movement, William Scheue...

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Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series.Publisher: Hodder Edu...

Reducere. DescriptionRecommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle Nominated for a 2019 NAACP image award, a groundbreak...

Publisher: University of Arizona PressIllustration(s): 3 illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Collection: Critical Green EngagementsPublication date: 2...

Reducere. Twist-A-Matic Theology explores the doctrines of the Hebrew Roots, Sacred Names, and other Sabbath keeping movements. These groups teach what the B...

Intended for researchers, NGOs, decision-makers and lawyers in Muslim countries, this book concerns comparative environmental law, using a new appr...

Reducere. From the beginning of California's statehood, adventurers, scientists, and writers reveled in its majestic landscape. Some were women, though few g...

Reducere. The Church of God in Christ, the first major denomination to spring from the fires of the Azusa Street revival, profoundly affected the history of ...

Publisher: Cinnamon PressAuthor(s): Jan FortuneNumber of pages: 146Collection: The Standing Ground TrilogyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 1...

From pre-Columbian times to the environmental justice movements of the present, women and men frequently responded to the environment and environme...