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The War for America's Natural Resources

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. William R. Nester

    1. St John’s University, New York, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Philosophies, Politics, and Policies

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Farming, Grazing, and Hunting

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    Pages 12-72

  4. Forests, Parks, and Wilderness

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    Pages 73-114

  5. Mines, Drills, and Energy

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    Pages 115-174

  6. Dams, Irrigation, and Faucets

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    Pages 175-220

  7. Natural Resource Policy into the Twenty-first Century

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    Pages 221-231

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 232-256
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Throughout most of American history, natural resource policies reflected the dominant philosophy of cornucopianism. As conservationism and environmentalism arose to struggle with cornucopianism for mass public acceptance, so too did the policies that flowed from those respective philosophies. The result has increasingly been a range of federal policies which reflect aspects of all three conflicting philosophies. The War for America's Natural Resources analyzes the dynamic among natural resource politics, policies and philosophies. Each chapter explores in-depth the development of policies toward America's soil, wildlife, water, energy, grasslands, minerals, forests and air.

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  • St John’s University, New York, USA

    William R. Nester

About the author

William Nester is the author of more than thirty books on international relations, military history, and the nature of power. He is a Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at St. John’s University in New York, USA.

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