Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency
eBook - PDF

Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency

The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890–1920

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eBook - PDF

Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency

The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890–1920

About this book

The relevance and importance of Samuel P. Hay's book, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency, has only increased over time. Written almost half a century ago, it offers an invaluable history of the conservation movement's origins, and provides an excellent context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions. Against a background of rivers, forests, ranges, and public lands, this book defines two conflicting political processes: the demand for an integrated, controlled development guided by an elite group of scientists and technicians and the demand for a looser system allowing grassroots impulses to have a voice through elected government representatives.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Contents
  3. I. Introduction
  4. II. Store the Floods
  5. III. Woodman, Spare that Tree
  6. IV. Range Wars and Range Conservation
  7. V. The Public Land Question
  8. VI. Taming the Nation's Rivers
  9. VII. The Conservation Crusade
  10. VIII. Conflict over Conservation Policy
  11. IX. Organized Conservation in Decline
  12. X. The Corps of Engineers Fights Water Conservation
  13. XI. Congress Rejects Coordinated Development
  14. XII. The West Against Itself
  15. XIII. The Conservation Movement and the Progressive Tradition
  16. Bibliographical Note
  17. Index