Crabgrass crucible : suburban nature and the rise of environmentalism in twentieth-century America / Christopher Sellers.

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Main Author: Sellers, Christopher C.
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Environmentalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Suburbs > United States > History > 20th century.
Environmental policy > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Environmental conditions.
Physical Description:374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Suburban country life
  • pt. 1. New York. Nature's suburbia ; Ecological mixing and nature fixing ; Worrying about the water
  • pt. 2. Los Angeles. Missing nature in Los Angeles ; Suburban taming : from the personal to the political ; Anxious about the air
  • pt. 3. Environmental nation. "The environment" as a suburban place.