Building Environmentalism: The Founding of Environmental Movement Organizations in the United States, 1900-2000

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 422-453

  Carmichael, Jason T ^a   Jenkins, J Craig ^b   Brulle, Robert J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862318132     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2012.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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