Bøger af Samuel P. Hays

Bringing together a wide range of environmental issues that have been debated since the mid-1950s, this book views these issues as a result of changes in values in American society since World War II. The author explores such substantive issues as pollution, natural lands, chemical carcinogens, and population-resources balances. He examines the politics of environmental science, economic analysis, planning, and management, and traces the impact of environmental issues on local, state, and federal government. The book explores political controversy to shed light on the working of political institutions and to establish their relationship to social change.

A pioneering volume in the field of urban history. Thirteen historians bring their knowledge of a variety of areas of history to the single case study of Pittsburgh, providing perspective on the city itself and on the general process of urbanization.

The year 2005 marked the centennial of the founding of the United States Forest Service (USFS). This title uses this occasion to present a cogent history of the role of American society in shaping the policies and actions of this agency.

Examines the conflicts regarding the preservation of forests in America, and how government agencies and advocacy groups have influenced the management of forests and their resources. This book provides an analysis of manipulations of conservation law that have touched off a battle between ""ecological forestry"" and ""commodity forestry"".