THE REPUBLICAN REVERSAL THE REPUBLICAN R E V E R S A L Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump JAMES MORTON TURNER ANDREW C. ISENBERG Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts London, England 2018 Copyright © 2018 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Turner, James Morton, 1973– author. | Isenberg, Andrew C. (Andrew Christian), author. Title: The Republican reversal : conservatives and the environment from Nixon to Trump / James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018009744 | ISBN 9780674979970 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854–)— History—20th century. | Anti- environmentalism—U nited States—H istory—20th century. | Conservatism— United States— History—20th c entury. | United States—P olitics and government— History—20th c entury. Classification: LCC GE197 .T87 2018 | DDC 333.70973— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn. loc. gov/ 2018009744 Jacket design: Jill Breitbarth Jacket photograph: Aaron Foster/The Image Bank/Getty Images For my parents—JMT For Amy—AI Contents Introduction 1 1 Conservatives before and after Earth Day 19 2 Visions of Abundance 54 3 The Cost of Clean Air and Water 98 4 American Exceptionalism in a Warming World 145 Conclusion 196 Notes 219 Acknowl edgments 259 Index 261 THE REPUBLICAN REVERSAL
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