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Author Tyrrell, Ian R., author.
Title Crisis of the wasteful nation : empire and conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America / Ian Tyrrell.
Publisher Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.


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Contents 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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Author Tyrrell, Ian R., author.
Subject Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Knowledge -- Conservation of natural resources.
Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History.
Conservation of natural resources -- Government policy -- United States.
Descript 1 online resource (366 pages)
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Carrier online resource
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780226197937 (e-book)
Author Tyrrell, Ian R., author.
Subject Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Knowledge -- Conservation of natural resources.
Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History.
Conservation of natural resources -- Government policy -- United States.

Subject Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Knowledge -- Conservation of natural resources.
Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History.
Conservation of natural resources -- Government policy -- United States.
Descript 1 online resource (366 pages)
Content text
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Carrier online resource
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780226197937 (e-book)
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