Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American LifeBloomsbury Academic, 2006 M05 30 - 237 pages 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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... Roosevelt was possibly the nation's best - known outdoorsman . Although Roosevelt initiated new conservation policies regarding forests , national parks and monuments , and river management , he approached nature first as a leisure ...
... Roosevelt and his Chief of Forestry Gifford Pinchot galvanized the upper - class interest with national policies . The aesthetic appreciation of wealthy urbanites grew into progressive initiatives to create national forests and national ...
... Roosevelt created a responsive federal gov- ernment that appeared to be concerned about the welfare of " common " people . However , he remained dubious of the journalists ' tendency toward sensationalism . Similar to investigative ...