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Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life
Brian Black
Book Code: GR3200
ISBN: 0-313-33200-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33200-5
264 pages, 38 photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2006
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Discount Price: $39.96 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 20%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Addressing a wide variety of the environmental issues that impacted the lives of people of all classes, races, and regions: the expansion of the National Park system and the increased desire for leisure time spent in the great outdoors; the devastation of the Dust Bowl and its impetus toward conservation and a greater understanding of ecology; grassroots activism and environmental politics from Rachel Carson to Love Canal; the impact of globalization and its environmental consequences on the daily lives of Americans.
    —Natural Resources Journal     Winter 2006
  • For general readers and students, Black provides a history of nature and the environment in twentieth century America, which follows how ideas changed, the impact of using natural resources, the movement towards conservation and national parks, pollution, resource management, the effects of atomic technology, grassroots activism, policies and acts, the emergence of green culture, and environmental backlash. B&w photos are incorporated throughout the text.
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2006
Description: 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. Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century America addresses a wide variety of the environmental issues that impacted the lives of people of all classes, races, and regions:
  • The expansion of the National Park system and the increased desire for leisure time spent in the great outdoors
  • The devastation of the Dust Bowl and its impetus toward conservation and a greater understanding of ecology
  • Grassroots activism and environmental politics from Rachel Carson to Love Canal
  • The impact of globalization and its environmental consequences on the daily lives of Americans
    Part of the Daily Life through History series, this title joins Nature and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century America in a new branch of the series-titles specifically looking at how science innovations impacted daily life.
    • Table of Contents:
    • Preface
    • Introduction: Designing the Human Future
    • Resource Expansion
    • The Drive for Parks
    • Pollution and City Life
    • Resource Management and Conservation
    • Expansive Possibilities: Life with the Bomb
    • Grassroots Activism and Environmental Concern
    • Creating a Political Framework for Environmental Action
    • Green Culture
    • Going Global
    • Environmental Backlash and Growing Energy Needs
    • Epilogue: Sifting Through the Debris of Hurricane Katrina
    PDF Catalogs:
    Greenwood History Spring 2008.pdf
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