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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... early engine technology , 4 ; Duryea , J. Frank and Charles , E. , early automobile technology , 5 ; early experiments with steam power , 4-5 ; electric cars , develop- ment of , 5 , 174 ; Evans , Oliver , development of early ...
... Early conservation ; Roosevelt , Theodore Brand , Steward , The Whole Earth Catalogue , 161. See also Green cul- ture Bronx River Parkway , early road development , 107 Brookline , Massachusetts , design by Olmsted , 32 Brower , David ...
... early skyscraper , 15 Honda Insight , and hybrid auto development in early twenty - first century , 175 Hooker Chemical Company , dumping of chemical waste at Love Canal , 120 Hoover Dam , 84-86 Hornaday , William T. , bison conserva ...