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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Brian Black. Roosevelt helped press a debated bill into becoming law . The 1906 law forbade interstate and foreign commerce in adulterated and misbranded food and drugs . Offending products could be seized and condemned ; offending ...
... laws for women were passed in some states , race - track gambling was prohibited , 20 states passed mothers ' pension acts between 1908 and 1913 , 25 states had workmen's compensation laws in 1915 , and an income tax amendment was added ...
... laws and agencies to make significant changes on the federal level , though , were decades away . Eventually ... law in 1965 and began to enact statewide clean air regulations in 1966 . CONCLUSION : PARKS AND THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Clearly ...
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