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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1. Verfasser: Johnson, Benjamin Heber (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Zusammenfassung: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 urbanizing nation, the spirit of Progressivism emerged. Promising a return to democracy and a check on concentrated wealth, Progressives confronted this changing relationship to the environment - not only in the countryside but also in dense industrial cities and leafy suburbs. Drawing on extensive work in urban history and Progressive politics, Benjamin Heber Johnson weaves together environmental history, material culture, and politics to reveal the successes and failures of the conservation movement and its lasting legacy.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) and index.
ISBN:9780300227765
0300227760

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