The Bulldozer in the Countryside : Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism

List of Illustrations x Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1(14) Levitt's Progress: The Rise of the Suburban-Industrial Complex 15(30) From the Solar House to the All-Electric Home: The Postwar Debates over Heating and Cooling 45(42) Septic- Tank Suburbia: The Problem of Waste Disposal at the Metropolitan Fringe 87(32) Open Space: The First Protests against the Bulldozed Landscape 119(34) Where Not to Build: The Campaigns to Protect Wetlands, Hillsides, and Floodplains 153(36) Water, Soil, and Wildlife: The Federal Critiques of Tract-House Development 189(32) Toward a Land Ethic: The Quiet Revolution in Land-Use Regulation 221(34) Conclusion 255(16) Selected Bibliography 271(22) Index 293