Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) - Softcover

Stradling, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295983752 ISBN 13: 9780295983752

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2004

Synopsis

Conservation was the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. At its height, the conservation movement was a critical aspect of the broader reforms undertaken in the Progressive Era (1890-1910), as the rapidly industrializing nation struggled to protect human health, natural beauty, and "national efficiency." This highly effective Progressive Era movement was distinct from earlier conservation efforts and later environmentalist reforms.

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 by 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 rural communities, women, and the working class. These lively selections provoke unexpected questions and ideas about many of the significant environmental issues facing us today.

About this title

About the Author

David Stradling is assistant professor of history at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of Smokestacks and Progressives: Environmentalists, Engineers, and Air Quality in America, 1881-1951.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295983752
• ISBN 13: 9780295983752
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112