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

Brinkley, Douglas, (author.).

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0063212919
  • ISBN: 9780063212916
  • Physical Description: xxx, 857 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-819) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. I. Protoenvironmentalists (1945-1959) -- pt. II. John F. Kennedy's New Frontier (1961-1963) -- pt. III. The environmentalism of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon (1964-1973).
Subject:
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Environmentalism > United States.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Women conservationists > United States > Biography.
Women environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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