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United States West Coast: An Environmental History explores the interplay of ecology, economy, and culture throughout the history of the region of North America where the waters drain to the Pacific Ocean. Synthesizing the most recent and insightful studies on the region, United States West Coast portrays environmental change in the far western United States from the emergence of humans in the Pacific Northwest (about 12,000 years ago), to the rise of European colonial trade networks, to the era of industrialization and urbanization, to present day activism and public policy responses to environmental damage. By investigating how humans interact with their nonhuman surroundings across a specific expanse that encompasses all kinds of landscapes, cultures, and commercial enterprises, this insightful volume shows just how interdependent the relationship between people and their environment is

Prior to the Nixon administration, environmental policy in the United States was rudimentary at best. Since then, it has evolved into one of the primary concerns of governmental policy from the federal to the local level. As scientific expertise on the environment rapidly developed, Americans became more aware of the growing environmental crisis that surrounded them. This handbook covers all aspects of environmental policy in America.

Data from the National Election Survey 1995 pilot study are drawn on to determine the statistical & substantive characteristics of the latent structure of environmental policy support among 486 US respondents. Results of exploratory factor analysis, structural equations with maximum likelihood estimation (via EQS), & ordinary least-squares regression analyses reveal that environmental policy support holds a monarchial hierarchical structure, where the second-order factor, environmental policy support, comprises three subdimensions. A substantive difference exists between these dimensions, as they are predicted by differing exogenous variables. Environmental policy support is shown to be a complex, multidimensional, & multilevel set of attitudes. Implications for the environmental justice literature are drawn from the fact that external efficacy & race are significant predictors of (only) the environmental quality assessment dimension. 3 Tables, 2 Figures, 29 References. Adapted from the source document.