Gilded Age
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During the progressive era, environmentalism became an issue of significance after social scientists universally agreed that outside influences shaped human actions. Therefore, those who were important in shaping the environment, became interested in trying to control these outside forces. There were two camps within the early formation of this movement, the social scientists and planners who sought to combine nature with urban development and the conservationists who wanted to apply the principles of science and engineering to responsibly use natural resources. The conservationist movement emphasized “the aesthetic and spiritual values of the unspoiled wilderness”. The two groups would come into conflict in the early 20th century over the Hetch Hetchy Dam, an urban planning project that would supply San Francisco with a much needed water supply but at the cost of a portion of Yosemite National Park. Throughout chapter twelve, Protecting the Natural and Man-Made Environments, we get many perspectives on social science environmentalism versus conservationism. This analysis will address the main points and summarize each of the essays presented in this collection of documents regarding the environment and urban development.In Frederick Law Olmsted’s, a New York architect, essay we read about the benefits mankind would enjoy from New York’s Central Park. In the essay we also see the connection that was being forged betwe
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t-maker when it comes to preserving America’s natural resources and lands, “The government should part with its title only to the actual home-maker, not to the profit-maker who does not care to make a home. Our prime object is to secure the rights and guard the interests of the…homeowner…who in the long run is most hurt by permitting thefts of the public land in whatever form”.
The Progressive Era was about more than conservation and wise use of the environment. It was also about deepening the appreciation of the connection between man and nature. Perhaps in the essay by Enos Mills, we get the finest sense of this theme than in any other essay. Enos Mills was a disciple of John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, and in this piece of writing he renders a poignant tribute to an old pine tree that had been cut down by developers. Enos personifies the tree and suggests in his tribute that it is something which should be revered by man, much like an ancient sage, as opposed to being axed to its death merely because of profits or because someone needs a coffee table, “its character and heroic proportions made an impression upon me…it certainly had an impressiveness quite compatible with the age and dignity which go with a thousand
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Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page)
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