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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... York's Central Park in 1862 , gave the Columbian Exposition a unifying ground plan . In its unity , the landscape taught visitors about beauty and living among art while also possessing state - of - the - art amenities and technologies ...
... York's Trinity Church , near Wall Street . In 1890 the 26 - story New York World Building seized the mantle of the nation's tallest building . As the skyscraper emerged on the American landscape , however , no building would hold this ...
... York City , Boston , Cincinnati , Philadelphia , and Providence , Rhode Island , in the 1890s , with 80 courses in ... York's Long Island . More public courses followed in the 1920s , and a few elite suburbs were laid out around golf ...