Nature's Bounty: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives

by Penna,Anthony N.

• ISBN13: 9780765601889
• ISBN10: 0765601885
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This thorough, clearly organized text focuses on four major environmental categories: forests and land, wildlife and wildlife habitat, water and drinking water quality, and air Each category is treated historically from the time of exploration and discovery in the seventeenth century to the present. There are also discussions on environmental public policy issues currently in our national debate. The text is integrated throughout with fascinating primary source documents -- eyewitness accounts, government reports and documents, speeches, and congressional testimony -- which illuminate the material

Table of Contents

Introduction: Early History

The Commodification of Nature

The Conservation and Environmental Movements

Reasons for Optimism: An Environmentally Friendly Future

Forests Introduction: What are the Benefits of a Forest

Forests Today

The Forests During the Period of European Exploration

The Northeast: Early History from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

Early Warnings About the Effects of Deforestation

The Midwest: The Use of New Technology

The Costs of Clearcutting

Environmental Effects on Midwest Forests

The South: The Impact of Clearcutting the Southern Forests

Early Conservation Initiatives

The Rocky Mountain Region and the Pacific Northwest: Early Nineteenth Century Logging in the Northwest

The Impact of New Technology

The Conservation Movement: Conservation and the New Deal The Environmental Movement and Its Aftermath

Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Introduction: The Loss of Habitat Early History: Early American Hunting and Trapping

Early Wildlife Laws Hunting and Conservation: Game Birds

Early Conservation Movement to Save the Birds

Hunting Bison

Early Conservation: The Bison

The Nation's First Refuges for Wildlife Hunting and Conservation: Hunting Predators

Efforts to Protect Wildlife and Waterfoul Habitat Aldo Leopold and the Advent of an Environmental Consciousness

The Environmental Movement and the Protection of Wildlife: Endangered Species

Water and Drinking Water Quality Introduction: Human Consumption

The Natural Water Cycle

The Contribution of Beavers History of Urban Water Use: Boston

New York

Philadelphia

Chicago

Atlanta Water Works, Sewage Treatment, and Public Health: The West

Air Quality and Air Pollution Introduction: Early History

Carbon Fuel Sources

Early History of Smoke Pollution

Smoke's Medical Benefits History of Urban Air Quality: Chicago

St. Louis and Pittsburgh

The Donora Catastrophe

Los Angeles Smog Clean Air Act and Amendments: The Acid Rain Controversy

How Clean is Clean Enough?

The Contribution of Our Energy-Hungry Society to the Phenomenon of Global Warming: The Atlantic Conveyer and Its Effect on Climate Change

United States Contribution to Atmospheric Warming

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