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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... production of the Duryea car began in 1896. However , in the same year , the automobile revolutionary , Henry Ford ... production ; however , automo- biles became the first new product to be entirely defined by this new manufacturing ...
... production facilities in Detroit , Michigan as well , this region was destined for decades of environmental problems ( Hurley , 2-14 ) MASS PRODUCTION AND MAIL ORDER The sweatshops of the early 1900s and the mass - production factories ...
... produce 8 million tons of food . During the war , this production accounted for over 50 percent of all the fresh vegetables consumed in the United States . Other efforts on the home front included increased manufacturing and the ...