First along the river : a brief history of the U.S. environmental movement / Benjamin Kline.

Preface
Introduction
1: Philosophical Foundations
Biblical justification for dominating nature
Seeking new land
Rational nature of the world
Social and political thought in the eighteenth century
Conclusion
2: 1400s Through The 1700s: Inhabiting A New Land
Native Americans as prototypical environmentalists
Early colonial environmental attitudes
Conclusion
3: Early 1800s: Destroying The Frontier
Manifest destiny
Domesticating the wilderness
Final conquest of the west
Renewed interest in nature
Conclusion
4: Late 1880s: Building An Industrial Nation
Population growth and consumerism
Devastating the land
Overconsumption of natural resources
Voices for nature
Conclusion
5: 1900s Through The 1930s: Beginnings Of The Conservation Movement
Conversation during the progressive era
Environmental decay during the roaring twenties
Conversation policies under Roosevelt's New Deal
Conclusion
6: 1940s Through The 1960s: Prelude To The Green Decade
Environmental costs of scientific progress in the 1940s
Conservative 1950s
Emerging voices in the 1960s
Environmental movement begins to mobilize
Conclusion
7: 1970s: Conservation Movement Matures
Mainstream and alternative environmental groups
New environmental legislation
Jimmy Carter and the envirocrats
Conclusion
8: 1980s: Conservative Backlash
Ronald Reagan's environmental deregulation
George Bush as the environmental president
Employment versus the environment
Environmental groups actions and reactions
International environmental concern
Conclusion
9: Early 1990s: Government Retrenchment And Public Apathy
Environmental optimism under Bill Clinton
Growing counter movement
Green revival
Conservative resurgence
Conclusion
10: Late 1990s: Institutionalization Of The Environmental Movement
Clinton's moderate environmental approach
Growing public concern
New activism
Congressional action and inaction
Global future of the environmental movement
Conclusion
11: Environmental Movement In The Post 9/11 World
Presidential election of 2000
Post 9/11 world
Bush and changing regulations
Debate and the gamble
Conclusion
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography and suggested readings
Index.