FDR and the Environment (The World of the Roosevelts) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403968616 ISBN 13: 9781403968616

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

This book demonstrates that there is much about the New Deal that can be characterized as environmental, once one substitutes the word 'environmental' for 'conservation'.

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About the Author

DAVID B. WOOLNER is Assistant Professor of History and Political Science at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA and Executive Director of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, New York, USA. A specialist on Anglo-American relations during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, he is the editor of FDR, the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945 and The Second Quebec Conference Revisited: Waging War, Formulating Peace-Canada, Great Britain, and the United States in 1944-1945. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Woolner was na

From the Back Cover

"For those of us who lived through the era of the New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the hero of the conservation movement . . . Never before [this book] has the performance of an administration with respect to the environment been appraised so diligently. This book not only gives us a fresh view of one of the most significant features of the age of Roosevelt, but also informs our understanding of the directions we should pursue in the twenty-first century"--William Leuchtenberg, from the Foreword
"Do you think that the environmental movement started in the 1960s? Think again. This book demonstrates that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a true environmentalist--and that his deep interest in conservation, and in environmental protection, continues to mark America's identity today. Woolner and Henderson have assembled a wonderful collection of essays that should produce a rethinking of the nation's environmental legacy."--Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School and author of "The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Constitutional Vision and Why We Need It More Than Ever"

From the Inside Flap

For those of us who lived through the era of the New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the hero of the conservation movement . . . Never before [this book] has the performance of an administration with respect to the environment been appraised so diligently. This book not only gives us a fresh view of one of the most significant features of the age of Roosevelt, but also informs our understanding of the directions we should pursue in the twenty-first century --William Leuchtenberg, from the Foreword

"Do you think that the environmental movement started in the 1960s? Think again. This book demonstrates that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a true environmentalist--and that his deep interest in conservation, and in environmental protection, continues to mark America's identity today. Woolner and Henderson have assembled a wonderful collection of essays that should produce a rethinking of the nation's environmental legacy."--Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School and author of The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Constitutional Vision and Why We Need It More Than Ever

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For those of us who lived through the era of the New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the hero of the conservation movement . . . Never before [this book] has the performance of an administration with respect to the environment been appraised so diligently. This book not only gives us a fresh view of one of the most significant features of the age of Roosevelt, but also informs our understanding of the directions we should pursue in the twenty-first century --William Leuchtenberg, from the Foreword

"Do you think that the environmental movement started in the 1960s? Think again. This book demonstrates that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a true environmentalist--and that his deep interest in conservation, and in environmental protection, continues to mark America's identity today. Woolner and Henderson have assembled a wonderful collection of essays that should produce a rethinking of the nation's environmental legacy."--Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School and author ofThe Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Constitutional Vision and Why We Need It More Than Ever

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403968616
• ISBN 13: 9781403968616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Woolner D., Henderson H.