Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American LifeBloomsbury Academic, 2006 M05 30 - 237 páginas Americans during the twentieth-century became more disconnected from the environment and nature than ever before. More Americans lived in cities rather than on farms; they became ever more reliant on technology to interact with the world around them and with each other. Perhaps paradoxically, the twentieth-century also became the period in which environmental issues played an ever-increasing role in politics and public policy. Why is this so? Perhaps because, despite what many people believe, nature and the environment remains central to everyone's daily life. Pollution, environmental degradation, urban sprawl, loss of wildlife and biodiversity - all of these issues directly impact how everyone - even city dwellers - live their lives. |
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... President William McKinley was shot in Buffalo and Vice President Roosevelt needed to be sworn in . But national head- lines had to admit : " Mountains Searched for Roosevelt to no Avail " ( Nash , 136 ) . Roosevelt , who was hunting in ...
... presidents to withdraw public lands for examination and reclassification for various " public purposes . " During the 1910s , this act enabled the president to withdraw nearly all of the known oil lands . In order to conserve an ...
... President , 144 ; Rachel Carson spurs larger movement , 122–25 ; recycling , as example of modern environmen- talism , 169-70 ; Richard Nixon as environmental President , 144 ; Sierra Club , 127 ; Smokey Bear , 158 ; Superfund , 146-47 ...
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