Adam Ward Rome is an American environmental historian. In his book '' Bulldozer in the Countryside'', he examines how the post World War II residential construction boom and its resulting

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contributed to the rise of the modern

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Life

Rome graduated from

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''summa cum laude'', studied at

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as a

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, and earned his Ph.D. from the

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. From 2002 to 2005 he edited ''Environmental History.''"Anniversary Forum: what's next For Environmental History?", ''Environmental History'', January 2005
He is a professor of environment and sustainability at the

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Awards

* 2002 Frederick Jackson Turner Award * 2003 Lewis Mumford Award

Works

*''The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation'', Hill and Wang, 2013, * *

References

External links

""Give Earth a Chance": The Environmental Movement and the Sixties", ''Journal of American History'', September 2003"Earth Day 1970: Gaylord Nelson and the Making of the First Environmental Generation", ''University of Virginia'', October 23, 2009 "The 22nd annual Prairie Festival — Celebrating 25 Years", ''The Land Institute''
* 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Loomis Chaffee School alumni Yale University alumni University of Kansas alumni Pennsylvania State University faculty American Rhodes Scholars Living people Environmental historians University at Buffalo faculty American male non-fiction writers 1970 births {{US-historian-stub