The quiet crisis
- Author/Creator:
- Udall, Stewart L.
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1963]
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
More Details
Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The quiet crisis / Stewart L. Udall ; introduction by John F. Kennedy
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Udall, Stewart L., inscriber
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969, former owner
Subjects/Genre
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- The land wisdom of the Indians -- The birth of a land policy : Thomas Jefferson -- The White Indians : Daniel Boone, Jed Smith, and the mountain men -- The stir of conscience : Thoreau and the naturalists -- The raid of resources -- The beginning of wisdom : George Perkins Marsh -- The beginning of action : Carl Schurz and John Wesley Powell -- The woodlands : Pinchot and the foresters -- Wild and park lands : John Miuir -- Men must act : The Roosevelts and politics -- Individual action : organizers and philanthropists -- Cities in trouble : Frederick Law Olmsted -- Conservation and the future -- Notes on a land ethic for tomorrow.
- Summary:
- Reviews the men who explored our continent, and the greatnames of conservation history from George Perkins Marsh to Gifford Pinchot, as well reviewing the raiders and despoilers, the problems of preserving green spaces in cities as well as countrysides, and problems of water andair pollution.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xiii, 209 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Local Note:
- Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has dust jacket; has presentation inscription: For Ralph-- who has helped us adjust our conservation sights upward! Stewart L. Udall; from the library of Ralph McGill.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990021254120302486
- OCLC Number:
- 00342679
- Barcode:
- 000011038423
010002428796
Tools
- Cite
- Export as RIS
-
Direct Link
Direct Link
Direct Link URL
- Staff View