ISBN:
9780807835432
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (385 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Crabgrass Crucible : Suburban Nature and the Rise of Environmentalism in Twentieth-Century America
DDC:
304.20973/091733
Keywords:
Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Suburbs -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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United States -- Environmental conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Although suburb-building created major environmental problems, Christopher Sellers demonstrates that the environmental movement originated within suburbs--not just in response to unchecked urban sprawl. Drawn to the countryside as early as the late nineteenth century, new suburbanites turned to taming the wildness of their surroundings. They cultivated a fondness for the natural world around them, and in the decades that followed, they became sensitized to potential threats. Sellers shows how the philosophy, science, and emotions that catalyzed the environmental movement sprang directly from s
Abstract:
Although suburb-building created major environmental problems, Christopher Sellers demonstrates that the environmental movement originated within suburbs--not just in response to unchecked urban sprawl. Drawn to the countryside as early as the late nineteenth century, new suburbanites turned to taming the wildness of their surroundings. They cultivated a fondness for the natural world around them, and in the decades that followed, they became sensitized to potential threats. Sellers shows how the philosophy, science, and emotions that catalyzed the environmental movement sprang directly from s
Description / Table of Contents:
pt. I. New Yorkpt. II. Los Angeles -- pt. III. Environmental nation.
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