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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... began production of the Plymouth in 1928. Ford's uniform " tin lizzie , " autos gave rise to a way for consumers to express who they were and who they wished to be . Mass production made sure that by the 1920s the car was no longer a ...
... began with fish . By 1870 , hatcheries had been put in operation throughout the United States . Species ranging from shad , brook trout , and carp were reintro- duced to depleted or polluted waters . In fact , seven years before George ...
... began writing about nature for general readers in the late 1950s . Then , in 1962 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring erupted onto the public scene to become a bestseller after first being serialized in The New Yorker . Often , literary ...
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