Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890–1920 - Softcover

Hays, Samuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822957027 ISBN 13: 9780822957027

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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 Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890-1920; and, with Barbara D. Hays, Beauty, Health, and Permanence: Environmental Politics in the United States, 1955-1985.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822957027
• ISBN 13: 9780822957027
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320