Nature at War : American Environments and World War II Paperback / softback
Edited by Thomas Robertson, Richard P. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Tucker, Nicholas B. (The Ohio State University) Breyfogle, Peter (The Ohio State University) Mansoor
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This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens.
World War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction, processing, and use of vast quantities of natural resources.
The wartime military-industrial complex, the 'Arsenal of Democracy,' experienced tremendous economic growth and technological development, employing resources at a higher intensity than ever before.
The war years witnessed transformations in American agriculture; the proliferation of militarized landscapes; the popularization of chemical and pharmaceutical products; a rapid increase in energy consumption and the development of nuclear energy; a remaking of the nation's transportation networks; a shift in population toward the Sunbelt and the West Coast; a vast expansion in the federal government, in conjunction with industrial firms; and the emergence of environmentalism.
World War II represented a quantitative and qualitative leap in resource use, with lasting implications for American government, science, society, health, and ecology.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:387 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 10 Tables, black and white; 6 Maps; 20 Halftones, black and
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/04/2020
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- ISBN:9781108412070
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:387 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 10 Tables, black and white; 6 Maps; 20 Halftones, black and
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108412070