The Rise Of The American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, And Environmental Protection - 9780822361817

In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multi-faceted U.S. conservation movement from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. She shows how race, class, and gender influenced every aspect of the movement, including the establishment of parks; campaigns to protect wild game, birds, and fish; forest conservation; outdoor recreation; and the movement's links to nineteenth-century ideologies. Initially led by white urban elites--whose early efforts discriminated against the lower class and were often tied up with slavery and the appropriation of Native lands--the movement benefitted from contributions to policy-making, knowledge about the environment, and activism by the poor and working-class, people of color, women, and Native Americans. Far-ranging and nuanced, The Rise of the American Conservation Movement comprehensively documents the movement's competing motivations, conflicts, problematic practices, and achievements in new ways.

• | Author: Dorceta E. Taylor
• | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• | Publication Date: Aug 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 496 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0822361817
• | ISBN-13: 9780822361817