Dams, Parks and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation the Truman-Eisenhower Era
Zoomicon-zoom-in
Dams, Parks and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation the Truman-Eisenhower Era

Dams, Parks and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation the Truman-Eisenhower Era

By
Elmo Richardson (Author)  

Paperback

Available / dispatched within 1 - 2 weeks

Quantity

Also available on eBook for £26.99. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo

This book is a chronicle of the myopia and gamesmanship that dominated Americans' understanding of their environment on the eve of the nation's ecology crisis. Based almost entirely on primary sources, Elmo Richardson's study examines the interplay between the national policies and programs for development and preservation of natural resources in the centralist Truman administration and the localist, enterprise-oriented Eisenhower administration. He shows that the decade examined brought about very little change in the values held by federal policy makers. Although the development of resources was a prominent issue in the elections of 1948, 1952, and 1956, what emerges from Richardson's account is the shallowness of understanding on the part of the decision makers and the public, and the ease with which policy direction could be deflected. The book demonstrates the persistence of the tradition of development and the nonpartisan character of the movement for preservation, which crossed party lines, regional lines, and economic interest groups.
  • Contributor: Elmo Richardson
  • Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
  • ISBN13: 9780813154459
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
  • Release Date: 2014-07-15
  • Binding: Paperback / softback

Delivery Options

Home Delivery

Store Delivery

Free Returns

We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.