Author: Pan American Union
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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The Pan American Union and the Pan American Conferences
Author: Pan American Union
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Bulletin of the Pan American Union
Author: Pan American Union
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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United States Government Organization Manual
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Contains information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Also, includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Contains information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Also, includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.
United States Government Manual
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Nature's Ghosts
Author: Mark V. Barrow
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226038157
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
The rapid growth of the American environmental movement in recent decades obscures the fact that long before the first Earth Day and the passage of the Endangered Species Act, naturalists and concerned citizens recognized—and worried about—the problem of human-caused extinction. As Mark V. Barrow reveals in Nature’s Ghosts, the threat of species loss has haunted Americans since the early days of the republic. From Thomas Jefferson’s day—when the fossil remains of such fantastic lost animals as the mastodon and the woolly mammoth were first reconstructed—through the pioneering conservation efforts of early naturalists like John James Audubon and John Muir, Barrow shows how Americans came to understand that it was not only possible for entire species to die out, but that humans themselves could be responsible for their extinction. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement and the preservation of such iconic creatures as the bald eagle, the California condor, and the whooping crane. A sweeping, beautifully illustrated historical narrative that unites the fascinating stories of endangered animals and the dedicated individuals who have studied and struggled to protect them, Nature’s Ghosts offers an unprecedented view of what we’ve lost—and a stark reminder of the hard work of preservation still ahead.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226038157
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
The rapid growth of the American environmental movement in recent decades obscures the fact that long before the first Earth Day and the passage of the Endangered Species Act, naturalists and concerned citizens recognized—and worried about—the problem of human-caused extinction. As Mark V. Barrow reveals in Nature’s Ghosts, the threat of species loss has haunted Americans since the early days of the republic. From Thomas Jefferson’s day—when the fossil remains of such fantastic lost animals as the mastodon and the woolly mammoth were first reconstructed—through the pioneering conservation efforts of early naturalists like John James Audubon and John Muir, Barrow shows how Americans came to understand that it was not only possible for entire species to die out, but that humans themselves could be responsible for their extinction. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement and the preservation of such iconic creatures as the bald eagle, the California condor, and the whooping crane. A sweeping, beautifully illustrated historical narrative that unites the fascinating stories of endangered animals and the dedicated individuals who have studied and struggled to protect them, Nature’s Ghosts offers an unprecedented view of what we’ve lost—and a stark reminder of the hard work of preservation still ahead.
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical Association
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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Museum News
Author: Laurence Vail Coleman
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Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2172
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2172
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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2636
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2636
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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