Smarter Growth

Smarter Growth

Author: John H. Spiers

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-06-07

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0812250249

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Smarter Growth offers a fresh understanding of environmental politics in metropolitan America, using the Washington, D.C. area as a case study to demonstrate how public officials and their constituents engaged in an ongoing dialogue that positioned environmental protection as an increasingly important facet of planning and development.


Oxon Hill

Oxon Hill

Author: Nathania A. Branch Miles

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738542553

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One of the fastest growing cities in Prince George's County, Oxon Hill has recently been named the site of the future National Harbor, a 300-acre development of residences, offices, dining, and entertainment, which is sure to draw visitors from across the state and the country. As the community grows and flourishes, it becomes vital for residents, past and present, to remember Oxon Hill's heritage and to pay tribute to the people who paved the way for prosperity. Through 200 vintage photographs, Images of America: Oxon Hill documents the history of this diverse city named for the majestic 17th-century manor that was once home to the nephews of George Washington and John Hanson. This volume features notable sites, such as the St. Paul United Methodist Church and the Oxon Hill Farm, and stresses the importance of Oxon Hill's proximity to the Potomac River and our nation's capital. These historic images of people and places show readers Oxon Hill's past so that they have a greater appreciation for the city's future. One of the fastest growing cities in Prince George's County, Oxon Hill has recently been named the site of the future National Harbor, a 300-acre development of residences, offices, dining, and entertainment, which is sure to draw visitors from across the state and the country. As the community grows and flourishes, it becomes vital for residents, past and present, to remember Oxon Hill's heritage and to pay tribute to the people who paved the way for prosperity. Through 200 vintage photographs, Images of America: Oxon Hill documents the history of this diverse city named for the majestic 17th-century manor that was once home to the nephews of George Washington and John Hanson. This volume features notable sites, such as the St. Paul United Methodist Church and the Oxon Hill Farm, and stresses the importance of Oxon Hill's proximity to the Potomac River and our nation's capital. These historic images of people and places show readers Oxon Hill's past so that they have a greater appreciation for the city's future.


A Strategic Nature

A Strategic Nature

Author: Melissa Aronczyk

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0190055340

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"A Strategic Nature shows how public relations has dominated public understanding of the natural environment for over one hundred years. More than spin or misinformation, PR is a social and political force that shapes how we understand and address the environmental crises we now face. Drawing on interviews, ethnography, and archival research, Melissa Aronczyk and Maria I. Espinoza offer an original account of the promotional agents who have influenced public perception of the environment since the beginning of the twentieth century, revealing how professional communicators affect how we think about public knowledge and who can legitimately produce it. Instead of focusing on just the messages or the campaigns, this book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the promotional culture around the meaning of the environment. A Strategic Nature argues that it is not possible to understand the role of the environment in our everyday lives without understanding how something called "the environment" has been invented and communicated to us throughout history. To tell this story properly requires a careful account of the evolution of the institutions, norms and movements that have pushed environmental concerns to the fore of public opinion and political action. But it also demands an examination of the simultaneous evolution of professional communicators and the formation of their institutions, norms and movements. Without this piece of the puzzle, we miss crucial ways that struggles are won, resources allocated, and beliefs fostered about environmental problems"--