Taylor The Rise of the American Conservation Movement

Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7397-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten

In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multi-faceted conservation movement from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, showing how race, class, and gender influenced its every aspect.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Dorceta E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Dorceta E. Taylor is James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s–1900s: Disorder, Inequality, and Social Change, also published by Duke University Press, and Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility, and the editor of Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective.