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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... grew 148 percent , Cleveland's by 307 percent , and Detroit's by 611 percent ( Lemann , 4-16 ) . When racial equality was resisted by most Americans and even the fed- eral government , many blacks rebelled . Riots and other problems ...
... grew . When she appeared on CBS television in April 1963 , an estimated 15 million Americans tuned in . They heard Carson explain : " We still talk in terms of conquest . I think we're challenged , as mankind has never been chal- lenged ...
... grew from what role the federal government would play in any new struc- ture . Environmentalists and those prioritizing conservation argued for federal stimulants , like those during the Carter administration , to force auto producers ...
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