Conservation in the Progressive Era
Subtitle: Classic Texts (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics)
Contributors: William Cronon (Foreword); David Stradling (Editor)
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780295983752
Subjects: American history; Conservation of the environment; Nature; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; The Americas; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); 20th century; Conservation of natural resour; Conservation of natural resources; History; Nature conservation; United States
First sentence: ONLY  TWICE  IN American history have environmental issues worked their way toward the top of the national political agenda: first, in the Progressive Era, roughly the two decades surrounding 1900, during what we call the conservation movement; and, second, in the 19605 and 19705, during the florescence of the modern environmental movement.
Description: "Conservation in the Progressive Era places conservation in historical context, using the words of participants in and opponents to the movement. Together, the documents collected here reveal the various and sometimes conflicting uses of the term "conservation" and the contested nature of the reforms it described." "This collection includes classic texts from such well-known figures as Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and John Muir, as well as texts from lesser-known but equally important voices that are often overlooked in environmental studies: those of women, rural communities, and the working class. These lively selections provoke unexpected questions and ideas about many significant environmental issues."--Jacket.