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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... pollution concentrated on the observable and easily traceable impacts that industry had on urban popula- tions . An important event in this progression occurred on October 30–31 , 1948 . Up to this point , air pollution was suspected to ...
... POLLUTION As scientists began to understand the complexities of air pollution in the late 1960s , it became increasingly apparent that in addition to spe- cific toxic emissions such as lead , the internal combustion engine was a primary ...
... Pollution : air commons , global , 184 ; Alice Hamilton fights urban pollu- tion , 56-57 ; auto manufacturing in Detroit concentrates pollution , 62– 63 ; Cuyahoga River fire , 143 ; DDT use , 122 ; Donora Smog , 70-72 ; Lake Erie , 142 ...