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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... role in redefining the federal government's role in planning the use of the natural environment . TVA's role in the complicated twentieth - century movement toward federal environmental regulation suggests the limits of engineering and ...
... roles in policy making . The interest of such organizations in appealing to mainstream , middle - class Americans helped to ... role on issues such as Hetch Hetchy , Echo Park , and other western issues . Audubon Society : Viewed as more ...
... role in natural world , 90 , 138 ; role in environmental policy , 138 ; Tansley , and evolution of ecosystem con- cept , 88 ; vegetation succession , 86 ; Wilderness Act , 139–40 . See also Wilderness , concept of Eco - radicalism ...
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