Escaping the dark, gray city : fear and hope in Progressive-era conservation /

The turn of the twentieth century caught America at a crossroads, shaking the dust from a bygone era and hurtling toward the promises of modernity. Factories, railroads, banks, and oil fields-all reshaped the American landscape and people. In the gulf between growing wealth and the ills of an urbani...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Benjamin Heber (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Temas:
1900-1999
Conservation of natural resources > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Nature conservation > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 20th century.
Environmentalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Conservation des ressources naturelles > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nature > Conservation > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Progressisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Conservation of natural resources > Political aspects.
Environmentalism.
Nature conservation > Political aspects.
Progressivism (United States politics)
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontier, market, and environmental crisis
  • Landscapes of reform
  • Back to nature
  • Fighting for conservation
  • Fighting over conservation
  • Fighting against conservation
  • Epilogue.

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