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Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 18901920
Samuel Hays
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Description for Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 18901920
Paperback. Written in the 1950s, Hays' work provides a history of the conservation movement's origins and provides a context for contemporary environmental problems and possible solutions. It shows how conservation came about as a an attempt by scientists to apply their skills to the use of natural resources. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
The relevance and importance of Samuel P. Hay's book, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency, has only increased over time. Written almost half a century ago, it offers an invaluable history of the conservation movement's origins, and provides an excellent context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions. Against a background of rivers, forests, ranges, and public lands, this book defines two conflicting political processes: the demand for an integrated, controlled development guided by an elite group of scientists and technicians and the demand for a looser system allowing grassroots impulses to have a voice through elected government representatives. ... Read more
The relevance and importance of Samuel P. Hay's book, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency, has only increased over time. Written almost half a century ago, it offers an invaluable history of the conservation movement's origins, and provides an excellent context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions. Against a background of rivers, forests, ranges, and public lands, this book defines two conflicting political processes: the demand for an integrated, controlled development guided by an elite group of scientists and technicians and the demand for a looser system allowing grassroots impulses to have a voice through elected government representatives. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822957027
SKU
V9780822957027
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99-3
About Samuel Hays
Samuel P. Hays was University Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Wars in the Woods: The Rise of Ecological Forestry in America; Explorations in Environmental History; Conservation and the Gospel of Efficienc
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