Vanishing America - Species Extinction, Racial Peril, and the Origins of Conservation

Info autore

Miles A. Powell is Assistant Professor of Environmental History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Riassunto

Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America’s white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Miles A Powell, Miles A. Powell
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.11.2016
• EAN: 9780674971561
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97156-1
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Discrimination, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / United States / General, History of Science, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Management Of Land & Natural Resources