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Nature And the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life

Hardcover • 2006 • English

Nature And the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life

By Brian Black

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About the book

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, n...Show more

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9780313332005

Publisher

Greenwood Press

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Nature And the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life

Format

Hardcover

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