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Routledge handbook of science, technology and society, ed. by Daniel Lee Kleinman and Kelly Moore. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014, 517 pages
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Science, technology, and society : an encyclopedia, ed. By Sal Restivo. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005, 701 p.
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Environmental
Encyclopedia of American environmental history
Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History.
--Appendices: National Forests of the U.S., National Parks of the U.S. (both with date established, brief historical data, acreage, citation of legislation), Chronology of Cited Federal Legislation, Chronology of Administrations (names/dates of service of members of relevant government departments), Atlas (maps illustrating aspects of forestry and land use). Subject index.
Companion to American Environmental History
Encyclopedia of global change: environmental change and human society
Encyclopedia of environment and society
Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy
Encyclopedia of water politics and policy in the United States
--Essays on about 250 projects, legislative acts, legal cases, people, and organizations
The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Environmental Movement
Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement
A companion to American environmental history
--Includes over 30 essays.
Historical Dictionary of North American Environmentalism
--Paragraph to 2 pp. articles about persons, institutions, laws, events, and other topics. Chronology (pp. xi-xxi), 1626-1996. Bibliography