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050 00 $aS930$b.T97 2015
082 00 $a333.72$223
100 1 $aTyrrell, Ian R.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aCrisis of the wasteful nation :$bempire and conservation in Theodore Roosevelt's America /$cIan Tyrrell.
264 1 $aChicago :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2015.
300 $axii, 351 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aConservation of natural resources$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aConservation of natural resources$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Theodore,$d1858-1919$xKnowledge$xConservation of natural resources.