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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... initiatives . The shortcomings of the environmental movement that were shown by the Hetch Hetchy episode focused future efforts of environmentalists to clarify and sharpen the definition and meaning of " the term national park ...
... initiatives varied with each presidential administration , the expectations of middle - class Americans have made certain that they never are lost entirely . NATURE AT WORK : BALD EAGLE , A SYMBOL OF PROTECTION AND RECOVERY By the 1990s ...
... initiatives remain just that . There remains no authority that can enforce environmental policies and regulations across political lines everywhere in the world . However , great strides have been made in creating regional , cooperative ...
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