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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... addition , though , many wealthy urbanites began sending children to summer camps that could provide their children with a connection to the culture of outdoors that city living lacked . This sentiment was of specific interest to ...
... addition , he studied the methods employed by other nations attempting to manage or conserve timber supplies . Although federal forest lands were not set aside until 15 years later , a Division of Forestry was set up in 1881. The first ...
... addition , environmentally motivated standards for clean air were forcing auto manufacturers to change the way that they did business ( Kay , 250 ) . AUTOMOBILES ' CONTRIBUTION TO AIR POLLUTION As scientists began to understand the ...
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