LAURANCE S. ROCKEFELLER: CATALYST FOR CONSERVATION - Hardcover

Winks, Robin W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559635479 ISBN 13: 9781559635479

Publisher: Kogan Page, 1997

Synopsis

Noted historian Robin W. Winks offers an in-depth look at the life and accomplishments of Laurance Rockefeller. This deftly argued and gracefully written volume explains and explores Rockefeller's role in shaping the transition from traditional land conservation to a more inclusive environmentalism. Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation provides a broad interpretation of the history of environmental protection through the work of one of this country's most visionary conservationists.

About this title

About the Author:

Robin W. Winks is Randolph W. Townsend Jr., Professor of History and chair of the history department at Yale University. He is author of seventeen books, including the Pulitzer prize-nominated Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War and Frederick S. Billings: A Life. Bruce Babbitt was the Secretary of Interior during the two terms of the Clinton administration and is a former governor of Arizona.

Synopsis:

Chronicles Laurance Rockefeller's work in conservation and historical preservation, and looks at his private life. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1559635479
• ISBN 13: 9781559635479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272