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Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881–1951

Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881–1951 Rosenberg is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Stradling, David absolved from its contribution to air pollu- Smokestacks and Progressives: tion; its smoke remains a major contributor to History at Macalester College. Her study Environmentalists, Engineers, and acid rain and global warming. But after 1960 advances our understanding of the political, Air Quality in America, 1881-1951 almost no one complained about coal smoke, economic, and especially cultural structures Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press and reformers turned their attention else- of empire building in ways hitherto neglected 270 pp., $42.50, ISBN 0-8018-6083-0 where. In fact, as Stradling points out, the by American diplomatic historians. Publication Date: August 1999 The principal structure this study illumi- severity of pollution in Los Angeles shifted nates is dollar diplomacy, the practice of the focus of U.S. air pollution dialogue from David Stradling writes in Smokestacks and using private loans as leverage for U.S. offi- the smoky Midwest to the smoggy Far West. Progressives that American cities during the cials and investors to place financial advisers Smokestacks and Progressives is a careful- Progressive era were in many respects in positions of authority in foreign countries. ly researched and well-written volume that “flawed creations.” Along with such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png History: Reviews of New Books Taylor & Francis

Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881–1951

Lubick, George M.
History: Reviews of New Books , Volume 28 (2): 1 – Jan 1, 2000
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10.1080/03612759.2000.10525356
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Rosenberg is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Stradling, David absolved from its contribution to air pollu- Smokestacks and Progressives: tion; its smoke remains a major contributor to History at Macalester College. Her study Environmentalists, Engineers, and acid rain and global warming. But after 1960 advances our understanding of the political, Air Quality in America, 1881-1951 almost no one complained about coal smoke, economic, and especially cultural structures Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press and reformers turned their attention else- of empire building in ways hitherto neglected 270 pp., $42.50, ISBN 0-8018-6083-0 where. In fact, as Stradling points out, the by American diplomatic historians. Publication Date: August 1999 The principal structure this study illumi- severity of pollution in Los Angeles shifted nates is dollar diplomacy, the practice of the focus of U.S. air pollution dialogue from David Stradling writes in Smokestacks and using private loans as leverage for U.S. offi- the smoky Midwest to the smoggy Far West. Progressives that American cities during the cials and investors to place financial advisers Smokestacks and Progressives is a careful- Progressive era were in many respects in positions of authority in foreign countries. ly researched and well-written volume that “flawed creations.” Along with such

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