Presidents and the American Environment 0700620982, 9780700620982

In 1891 Benjamin Harrison, the first president engaged in conservation, had to have this new area of public policy expla

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Presidents and the American Environment
0700620982, 9780700620982

The president of the United States of America can shape not just a nation but the entire world. But what limits are ther

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This book examines how the United States government, through the lens of presidential leadership, has tried to come to g

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American Georgics takes as its primary problem the question of the human place in nature. By extending our understanding

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A vivid account of leadership focusing on the first four Virginia presidents--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James

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Few relationships have proved more pivotal in changing the course of American politics than those between presidents and

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Following the Renaissance, democracy was still considered a dangerous form of government. Democracy was often regarded a

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Business in Black and White provides a panoramic discussion of various initiatives that American presidents have support

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This book will illustrate that despite the variations of nuclear tensions during the Cold War period―from nuclear incept

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Few relationships have proved more pivotal in changing the course of American politics than those between presidents and

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