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FDR and the Environment, Hardcover by Woolner, David B. (EDT); Henderson, Hen.... FDR and the Environment, Hardcover by Woolner, David B. (EDT); Henderson, Henry L. (EDT), ISBN 1403968616, ISBN-13 9781403968616, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Henderson (environmental studies, U. of Chicago) and Woolner (history and political science, Marist College and Executive Director for he Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute) and contributors present 11 articles that find concern for the environment at the core of many New Deal programs, including the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Soil Conservation Service, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. They understand that these and other New Deal programs are the institutional foundation of current environmental law and practice and have contributed significantly to the concept of sustainability. They describe Roosevelt as an environmentalist who retained wilderness while developing agriculture and introducing essential law, policy and planning. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()