02300cam a2200349 4500 2672505783 TxAuBib 20260203120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781442237087 1442237082 B078ZNLNQ5 Amazon f0e83725-7431-4d2e-9e6a-cdc1173086be OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3755970 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Armitage, Kevin C. This Green and Growing Land [Libby eBook] : Environmental Activism in American History. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 6239kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. environmental reform. Conservation. Environment. From Benjamin Franklin's campaign to combat pollution at the Philadelphia's docks in the 1750s to the movement against climate change today, American environmentalists have sought to protect the natural world and promote a healthy human society. In This Green and Growing Land, historian Kevin Armitage shows how the story of American environmentalism—part philosophy, part social movement—is in no small way a story of America itself, of the way citizens have self-organized, have thought of their communities and their government, and have used their power to protect and enrich the land. Armitage skillfully analyzes the economic and social forces begetting environmental change and emphasizes the responses of a variety of ordinary Americans—as well as a few well-known leaders—to these complex issues. This concise and engaging survey of more than 250 years of activism tells the story of a magnificent American achievement—and the ongoing problems that environmentalism faces. Nonfiction. History. Nature. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-02-02 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f0e83725-7431-4d2e-9e6a-cdc1173086be&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f0e83725-7431-4d2e-9e6a-cdc1173086be&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) BTCLS