The rise of the U.S. environmental health movement / Kate Davies.
By: Davies, Kate
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TextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xxviii, 259 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781442221376 (hbk. : alk. paper); 1442221372 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9781442222458 (pbk. : alk. paper); 144222245X (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781442221383 (ebk.); 1442221380 (ebk.).Subject(s): Environmental health -- United States -- History | Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Environmentalism -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 613/.1 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 613.1 D287 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003571684 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. I. Historical and cultural roots : 1. The European ancestry of environmental health ; 2. Early environmental public health in the United States ; 3. Environmentalism and economic growth ; 4. The birth of the U.S. environmental health movement -- Pt. II. The contemporary movement : 5. Organizations and issues ; 6. Making environmental issues personal ; 7. Precaution and the limitations of science ; 8. Environmental justice and the right to a healthy environment ; 9. Changing economics, the markets, and business -- Conclusion and next steps : strategies for social change.
Offers a comprehensive examination of the environmental health movement, focusing on the ways toxic chemicals and other hazardous agents in the environmental effect human health and wellbeing.
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