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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... federal government over the development of public lands . Before Warren Harding appointed him as secretary of the interior , Fall had gained experience in farming and ranching . In New Mexico , he owned a ranch that spanned more than 55 ...
... federal government had left relief from natural disas- ters in local and private hands . The flood of 1927 was so severe , however , that the government was forced to step in , ushering in the subsequent era of increasing federal ...
... 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 planning in social or ...