Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts

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Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts. Edited by David Stradling. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic Series, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. xii + 110 pp. Notes, bibliographic essay, index. Paper $12.95.

More than a century after the birth of conservation, America still debates its basic definition and how various national political movements have handled it. Environmental dilemmas such as waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability continue to challenge us today. The Progressive Era includes the years from the ending decade of the nineteenth century ...

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