Taylor Dorceta E. Taylor

Rise of the American Conservation Movement (eBook, PDF)

Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection

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Produktbeschreibung

In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multifaceted 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 benefited 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822373971
• Artikelnr.: 54786071

Autorenporträt

Dorceta E. Taylor

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
Part I. The Impetus for Change
1. Key Concepts Informing Early Conservation Thought  9
2. Wealthy People and the City: An Ambivalent Relationship  32
Part II. Manliness, Womanhood, Wealth, and Sport
3. Wealth, Manliness, and Exploring the Outdoors: Racial and Gender
Dynamics  51
4. Wealth, Women, and Outdoor Pursuits  83
5. People of Color: Access to and Control of Resources  109
Part III. Wildlife Protection
6. Sport Hunting, Scarcity, and Wildlife Protection  161
7. Blaming Women, Immigrants, and Minorities for Bird Destruction  189
8. Challenging Wildlife Regulations and Understanding the
Business-Conservation Connections  224
Part IV. Gender, Wealth, and Forest Conservation
9. Rural Beautification and Forest Conservation: Gender, Class, and
Corporate Dynamics  257
10. Preservation, Conservation, and Business Interests Collide  290
11. National Park Preservation, Racism, and Business Relations  328
12. Nation Building, Racial Exclusion, and the Social Construction of
Wildlands  350
Conclusion  383
Notes  399
References  407
Index  465