Escaping the dark, gray city : fear and hope in Progressive-era conservation / Benjamin Heber Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Benjamin Heber, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Nature conservation--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Nature conservation.

Conservation of natural resources--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Conservation of natural resources.

Environmentalism--United States--History--20th century.

Environmentalism.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 311 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A compelling and long-overdue exploration of the Progressive-era conservation movement, and its lasting effects on American culture, politics, and contemporary environmentalism 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. By following the efforts of a broad range of people and groups-women's clubs, labor advocates, architects, and politicians-Johnson shows how conservation embodied the ideals of Progressivism, ultimately becoming one of its most important legacies.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Frontier, Market, and Environmental Crisis

2. Landscapes of Reform

3. Back to Nature

4. Fighting for Conservation

5. Fighting over Conservation

6. Fighting Against Conservation

7. Epilogue

Timeline: Selected Events in the History of U.S. Conservation.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780300227765

0300227760

OCLC:

1059275799