Crisis of the wasteful nation : empire and conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America /
Ian Tyrrell.
Bok Engelsk 2015 Ian R. Tyrrell
| Omfang | xii, 351 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | The origins of alarm. Alarmism and the wasteful nation ; American conservation and the "world movement": networks, personnel, and the international context -- The new empire and the rise of conservation. Colonies, natural resources, and geopolitical thought in the new empire ; Encountering the tropical world: the impact of empire ; Energy and empire: shadows of the fossil fuel revolution ; Dynamic geography: irrigation, waterways, and the inland empire ; The problem of the soils and the problem of the toilers ; Conservation, scenery, and the sustainability of nature ; Lessons for living: Irving Fisher, national vitality, and human conservation -- The global vision of Theodore Roosevelt and its fate. To the halls of Europe: the African safari and Roosevelt's campaign to conserve nature (while killing it) ; Something big: Theodore Roosevelt and global conservation ; "A senseless and mischievous fad?": from alarm to sobriety as a nation takes stock -- Epilogue. The present, the future, and the power of contingency in human life.
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| Emner | Roosevelt, Theodore, , 1858-1919 - Knowledge - Conservation of natural resources.
Conservation of natural resources - Government policy - United States. Conservation of natural resources - History. - United States |
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| ISBN | 022619776X (cloth : alk. paper). - 9780226197760 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| ISBN(galt) | 9780226197937 (e-book)
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