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001 2001040658
003 DLC
005 20050322180522.0
008 010725s2002 cauab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2001040658
020 $a0520224426 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0520234286 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aTD187.5.I75$bT35 2002
082 00 $a363.7/02/095694$221
100 1 $aTal, Alon,$d1960-
245 10 $aPollution in a promised land :$ban environmental history of Israel /$cAlon Tal.
260 $aBerkeley, Calif. :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2002.
300 $axviii, 546 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 435-516) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: List of Illustrations ix -- Acknowledgments xi -- Preface xv -- 1. The Pathology of a Polluted River: An Introduction to Israel's Environmental Crises -- 2. Reclaiming a Homeland: -- Zionism's Mixed Ecological Message 19 -- 3. Palestine's Environment, 1900-1949: -- Prelude to Disaster or Benign Half-Century? 35 -- 4. The Forest's Many Shades of Green 69 -- 5. The Emergence of an Israeli Environmental Movement 113 -- 6. A General Launches a War for Wildlife 155 -- 7. The Quantity and Quality of Israel's Water Resources 199 -- 8. Israel's Urban Environment, 1948-1988: The Politics of Neglect 243 -- 9. A Ministry of the Environment Comes of Age 283 -- 10. Israel, Arabs, and the Environment 327 -- 11. Environmental Activism Hits Its Stride 367 -- 12. Toward a Sustainable Future? 405 -- Notes 435 -- Index 517.
650 0 $aPollution$zIsrael.
651 0 $aIsrael$xEnvironmental conditions.
650 0 $aEnvironmental protection$zIsrael.
650 0 $aEnvironmental policy$zIsrael.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2001040658.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2001040658.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2001040658.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0c8k8-aa