LEADER 00000nam 2200457 i 4500 001 EBC1863794 003 MiAaPQ 005 20200520144314.0 006 m o d | 007 cr cnu|||||||| 008 140613s2015 ilu ob 001 0deng|d 020 9780226197937 (e-book) 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC1863794 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL1863794 035 (CaPaEBR)ebr10991203 035 (CaONFJC)MIL664784 035 (OCoLC)896701831 040 MiAaPQ|beng|erda|epn|cMiAaPQ|dMiAaPQ 050 4 S930|b.T97 2015 082 0 333.72|223 100 1 Tyrrell, Ian R.,|eauthor. 245 10 Crisis of the wasteful nation :|bempire and conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America /|cIan Tyrrell. 264 1 Chicago :|bThe University of Chicago Press,|c2015. 300 1 online resource (366 pages) 336 text|2rdacontent 337 computer|2rdamedia 338 online resource|2rdacarrier 505 0 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. 600 10 Roosevelt, Theodore,|d1858-1919|xKnowledge|xConservation of natural resources. 650 0 Conservation of natural resources|zUnited States|xHistory. 650 0 Conservation of natural resources|xGovernment policy |zUnited States. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aTyrrell, Ian R.|tCrisis of the wasteful nation : empire and conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America.|dChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015 |z9780226197760|w(DLC)10991203 856 40 |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hull/ detail.action?docID=1863794|zClick to View 921 UA 936 23/11/22 ILL EBL ATO 8/3/23