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

"Chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brinkley, Douglas (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Carson, Rachel, > 1907-1964.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Women environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Women conservationists > United States > Biography.
Environmentalism > United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists.
Conservationists.
Environmentalism.
Environmentalists.
Women conservationists.
Women environmentalists.
United States.
Conservationists > Biography.
Environmental protection > United States.
Biography.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xxx, 857 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I: 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
  • Part II: 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
  • Part III: 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.