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Bezig met laden... Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movementdoor Neil M. Maher
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Frankly, I was on the verge of giving up on this book but kept on going because I had reached the part about the CCC's part in developing Great Smokey Mountains National Park. But it was only grit that kept me going after that. At heart, this is an academic book more than it is a popular history book. I had expected much more in the way of stories of individual CCC recruits and descriptions of their lives. That information is there, but rather sparse. And the book desperately needed a better editor. Thoughts, themes, and phrases would be repeated over and over (often within mere pages of a prior appearance). It brought to mind something written by an 8th-grader told to write a thousand-word essay and in which the student focused on meeting the word count more than on conveying information well. While [b:Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America|25816604|Rightful Heritage Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America|Douglas Brinkley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439314552l/25816604._SY75_.jpg|45626008] is a much longer book than Nature's New Deal, I found it much more instructive in the history of the CCC and New Deal-era conservation. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Recovering from these calamities--and preventing their reoccurrence--was a major goal of the New Deal. In Nature's New Deal, Neil M. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, describing it as a turning point both in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism. Indeed, Roosevelt addressed both the economic and environmental crises by putting Americans to work at conserving natural resources, through the Soil Conservation Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Civilian Conservation Corps (or CCC). The CCC created public landscapes--natural terrain altered by federal work projects--that helped environmentalism blossom after World War II, Maher notes. Millions of Americans devoted themselves to a new vision of conservation, one that went beyond the old model of simply maximizing the efficient use of natural resources, to include the promotion of human health through outdoor recreation, wilderness preservation, and ecological balance. And yet, as Maher explores the rise and development of the CCC, he also shows how the critique of its campgrounds, picnic areas, hiking trails, and motor roads frames the debate over environmentalism to this day. From the colorful life at CCC camps, to political discussions in the White House and the philosophical debates dating back to John Muir and Frederick Law Olmsted, Nature's New Deal captures a key moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)333.720973Social sciences Economics Economics of land & energy Land, recreational and wilderness areas, energy Environmentalism & Conservation Biography And History North America United StatesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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