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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... activities . Many scholars see such an impulse as a reaction to Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 pronouncement that the frontier had " closed . " Turner and many Americans wondered how the nation could continue to foster the aggres- sive ...
... activities no longer to be influenced by climate or nature , the author sums up the argument : " For the first time in the MATCH THE PICTURES No ! DONT TOUCH UNLESS TOLD TO 00 50 A omic Bombing Care TURN " Don't touch unless told to do ...
... activities . In only a few short years the attitude toward international assistance had undergone a radical shift . Although there was a clear history of cooperation on some global environmental issues , consensus seemed to shatter at ...
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