Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life

Informationen zum Autor Brian Black has been a college professor since 1992 at Kansas Christian College and at Penn View Bible Institute. He received an MS from Northeastern University, an MA from Clark Summit University, and a PhD from Greenwich University. Black's first book, The Holiness Heritage, gives the formation and history of the Holiness Movement throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has four children and lives with his wife in central Pennsylvania. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Provides in-depth understanding of how people actually lived! based on research. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction: Designing the Human FutureResource ExpansionThe Drive for ParksPollution and City LifeResource Management and ConservationExpansive Possibilities: Life with the BombGrassroots Activism and Environmental ConcernCreating a Political Framework for Environmental ActionGreen CultureGoing GlobalEnvironmental Backlash and Growing Energy NeedsEpilogue: Sifting Through the Debris of Hurricane Katrina...

Klappentext
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 Americain a new branch of the series-titles specifically looking at how science innovations impacted daily life.

Zusammenfassung
Provides in-depth understanding of how people actually lived, based on research.

Inhalt
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

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