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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... ATOMIC AGE : COLD WAR Although historians speculate that U.S. President Harry Truman elected to use the atomic bomb in order to win World War II , he also clearly wished to set the stage for the next conflict . In short , Truman wanted ...
... atomic bombs and radiation employed to cure cancer . The atomic future in the media included images of atomic - powered agriculture and automobiles . In one book published during this wave of technological optimism , the writer ...
... Atomic Energy Commission ( AEC ) , 115 , 117 Atomic technology , 100-101 ; Anti- nuclear activists , and connection to environmental movement , 115 ; arms race and delivery systems , 112 ; Atoms for Peace , 112 ; Barry Commoner resists ...
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