Nature's new deal [electronic resource] : the Civilian Conservation Corps and the roots of the American environmental movement / Neil M. Maher.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (x, 316 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199867820.Subject(s): Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- History | Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History | New Deal, 1933-1939 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 | Environment and EcologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195306019DDC classification: 333.720973 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, describing it as a turning point both in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, describing it as a turning point both in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.