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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... established a small bacteriology laboratory in 1887. The Hygienic Laboratory was first located at the marine hospital on Staten Island , New York , and then later moved to Washington , D.C. , where it ultimately became the National ...
... established financial interests . Clearly , a large segment of the nation continued to view natural resources as raw material for development . Federally owned resources were most susceptible . With the large - scale growth in petroleum ...
... established Cowles's reputation as a pioneering American ecologist . Cowles went on to apply the theory of ecology that he had developed in the Indiana Dunes to the entire range of plant communities found throughout the Midwest . He ...