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Silent spring revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening

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Brinkley, Douglas

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Publication Date

[2022]

Language

English

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Framingham - Earth Day

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Acton - Adult
333.7209 BRI
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Contributors

Graybill, Stephen narrator

ISBN

9780063212916
9780063212954

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Framingham - Earth Day

Subjects

Audiobooks
Biography
Carson, Rachel
Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964
Conservationists
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography
Environmentalism
Environmentalism -- United States
Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Environmentalists
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
Environmental policy
Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
History
Johnson, Lyndon B
Johnson, Lyndon B. -- (Lyndon Baines), -- 1908-1973
Kennedy, John F
Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963
Nixon, Richard M
Nixon, Richard M. -- (Richard Milhous), -- 1913-1994
Women conservationists
Women conservationists -- United States -- Biography
Women environmentalists
Women environmentalists -- United States -- Biography

From the Book - First edition.

Protoenvironmentalists (1945-1959). The ebb and flow of John F. Kennedy

Harry Truman: polluted and radiated America

Rachel Carson and the shore of the sea

William O. Douglas and the protoenvironmentalists

Wilderness politics, Dinosaur National Monument, and the Nature Conservancy

Saving shorelines

Protesting plastics, nuclear testing, and DDT

John F. Kennedy's new frontier (1961-1963). Forging the new frontier: Stewart Udall and Lyndon Johnson

Wallace Stegner's "Wilderness letter"

The green face of America

Rachel Carson, the Laurence Rockefeller Report, and Kennedy's science curve

The White House Conservation Conference (May 24-25, 1962)

Rachel Carson's alarm

Point Reyes (California) and Padre Island (Texas) National Seashores

Campaigns to save the Hudson River and Bodega Bay

The tag team of John F. Kennedy, Stewart Udall, and Rachel Carson

The limited nuclear test ban treaty

The environmentalism of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon (1964-1973). JFK's last conservation journey

The Mississippi fish kill, the Clean Air Act, and American beautification

The Great Society: Rachel Carson and Howard Zahniser's legacies

The Wilderness Act of 1964

Ending the bulldozing of America

America's natural heritage: Cape Lookout, Big Bend, the Grand Canyon

Defenders: historical preservation, endangered species, and bedroll scientists

"Sue the bastards!" and environmental justice

The unraveling of America, 1968

Lyndon Johnson: champion of wild rivers and national scenic trails (October 2, 1968)

Taking stock of new conservation wins

Santa Barbara, the Cuyahoga River, and the National Environmental Policy Act

Generation Earth Day, 1970-1971

Nixon's environmental activism of 1972: the Great Lakes protection, the DDT ban, and the Stockholm Conference

Epilogue: Last leaves on the tree.

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