{"product_id":"conservation-in-the-progressive-era-9780295983752","title":"Conservation in the Progressive Era","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConservation became the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. This title places conservation in historical context, using the words of participants in and opponents to the movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stradling's selections are well chosen. Throughout the book he mixes the pro and the con, the technocratic and the popular, and a wide-cross section of topics. For this reason and its brevity, Stradling's collection is well suited for the classroom. Anyone with an interest in the environmental values of the progressive era should read this work as well. It will be time well spent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Defining and Debating Conservation\u003cbr\u003e Gifford Pinchot, \"Principles of Conservation\"\u003cbr\u003e Theodore Roosevelt, \"Special Message from the President of the United States\"\u003cbr\u003e William E. Smythe, \"The Miracle of Irrigation\"\u003cbr\u003e Ladies' Home Journal, \"What Is Meant by Conservation?\"\u003cbr\u003e George L. Knapp, \"The Other Side of Conservation\"\u003cbr\u003e H. J. M. Mattes, \"Another National Blunder\"\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation\u003cbr\u003e George Bird Grinnell, \"American Game Protection: A Sketch\"\u003cbr\u003e Mabel Osgood Wright, \"Keep on Pedaling!\"\u003cbr\u003e William T. Hornaday, Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation\u003cbr\u003e David Shepard Merrill, \"The Education of a Young Pioneer in the Northern Adirondacks\"\u003cbr\u003e Part 3: The Utility of \"Conservation\"\u003cbr\u003e Samuel Gompers, \"Conservation of Our Natural Resources\"\u003cbr\u003e J. Horace McFarland, \"Shall We Have Ugly Conservation?\"\u003cbr\u003e Mary Ritter Beard, \"Civic Improvement\"\u003cbr\u003e Irving Fisher, \"National Vitality, Its Wastes and Conservation\"\u003cbr\u003e Ellen H. Richards, Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply, Disposal of Waste\u003cbr\u003e Part 4: Smoke and Conservation in the City\u003cbr\u003e Charles A. L. Reed, \"An Address on the Smoke Problem\"\u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Ernest R. Kroeger, \"Smoke Abatement in St. Louis\"\u003cbr\u003e Herbert M. Wilson, \"The Cure for the Smoke Evil\"\u003cbr\u003e Ernest L. Ohle, \"Smoke Abatement: A Report on Recent Investigations Made at Washington University\"\u003cbr\u003e Part 5: Conservation, Preservation, and Hetch Hetchy\u003cbr\u003e Warren Olney, \"Water Supply for the Cities About the Bay of San Francisco\"\u003cbr\u003e E. T. Parsons, \"Proposed Destruction of Hetch-Hetchy\"\u003cbr\u003e John Muir, \"Hetch Hetchy Valley\"\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical Essay\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400912609623,"sku":"9780295983752","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295983752.jpg?v=1730471926","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conservation-in-the-progressive-era-9780295983752","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}