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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... helped create new understandings of environmental health . The pace of growth stemming from the technology emerging at the start of the twentieth century cannot be overstated . Historian John R. McNeil estimates that during this century ...
... helped create portions of culture that were designed to appeal to the masses , which often helped people overcome differences of race , gender , ethnicity , and economic class . It was at places such as Coney Island that the nature of ...
... helped guide Americans away from homes that helped to conserve energy , automobiles during the twentieth century helped to increase consumption of energy . At the close of the twentieth century , when Americans began to more fully ...