Crisis of the wasteful nation : empire and conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tyrrell, Ian R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Conservation of natural resources > United States > History. Conservation of natural resources > Government policy > United States. Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 > Knowledge > Conservation of natural resources. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The origins of alarm. Alarmism and the wasteful nation ; American conservation and the "world movement": networks, personnel, and the international context
The new empire and the rise of conservation. Colonies, natural resources, and geopolitical thought in the new empire ; Encountering the tropical world: the impact of empire ; Energy and empire: shadows of the fossil fuel revolution ; Dynamic geography: irrigation, waterways, and the inland empire ; The problem of the soils and the problem of the toilers ; Conservation, scenery, and the sustainability of nature ; Lessons for living: Irving Fisher, national vitality, and human conservation
The global vision of Theodore Roosevelt and its fate. To the halls of Europe: the African safari and Roosevelt's campaign to conserve nature (while killing it) ; Something big: Theodore Roosevelt and global conservation ; "A senseless and mischievous fad?": from alarm to sobriety as a nation takes stock
Epilogue. The present, the future, and the power of contingency in human life.