Spearheading Environmental Change
Spearheading Environmental Change
The Legacy of Indiana Congressman Floyd J. Fithian
May, Jill P.; May, Robert E.
Purdue University Press
04/2022
274
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Inglês
9781612497372
15 a 20 dias
333
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List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PART I. FROM VESTA, NEBRASKA, TO CAPITOL HILL
1. Heartland Politician
2. On Capitol Hill
3. Environmental Awakenings
PART II. THE DUNES
4. Save the Dunes
5. America's First Urban National Park
PART III. THE DAM
6. An Army Corps Proposition
7. Reservoir Vexations
PART IV. THE RIVER
8. Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
9. The Indiana-Illinois Tangle
PART V. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL PROVENANCES
10. Life after Congress
11. Legacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PART I. FROM VESTA, NEBRASKA, TO CAPITOL HILL
1. Heartland Politician
2. On Capitol Hill
3. Environmental Awakenings
PART II. THE DUNES
4. Save the Dunes
5. America's First Urban National Park
PART III. THE DAM
6. An Army Corps Proposition
7. Reservoir Vexations
PART IV. THE RIVER
8. Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
9. The Indiana-Illinois Tangle
PART V. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL PROVENANCES
10. Life after Congress
11. Legacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Bailly Nuclear Plant; C-SELM; Class of ’74; conservation; Corps of Engineers; Cross-Wabash Canal; dams; Dirty Dozen; environment; FIFRA; Illinois; Indiana; Indiana Dunes; National Lakeshore; Izaak Walton League; National Park Service; NIPSCO; Purdue University; reservoirs; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; Tippecanoe County; Watergate; Hoosier
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PART I. FROM VESTA, NEBRASKA, TO CAPITOL HILL
1. Heartland Politician
2. On Capitol Hill
3. Environmental Awakenings
PART II. THE DUNES
4. Save the Dunes
5. America's First Urban National Park
PART III. THE DAM
6. An Army Corps Proposition
7. Reservoir Vexations
PART IV. THE RIVER
8. Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
9. The Indiana-Illinois Tangle
PART V. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL PROVENANCES
10. Life after Congress
11. Legacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PART I. FROM VESTA, NEBRASKA, TO CAPITOL HILL
1. Heartland Politician
2. On Capitol Hill
3. Environmental Awakenings
PART II. THE DUNES
4. Save the Dunes
5. America's First Urban National Park
PART III. THE DAM
6. An Army Corps Proposition
7. Reservoir Vexations
PART IV. THE RIVER
8. Crosscurrents on the Kankakee
9. The Indiana-Illinois Tangle
PART V. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL PROVENANCES
10. Life after Congress
11. Legacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Bailly Nuclear Plant; C-SELM; Class of ’74; conservation; Corps of Engineers; Cross-Wabash Canal; dams; Dirty Dozen; environment; FIFRA; Illinois; Indiana; Indiana Dunes; National Lakeshore; Izaak Walton League; National Park Service; NIPSCO; Purdue University; reservoirs; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; Tippecanoe County; Watergate; Hoosier