Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890–1920The 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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Woodman Spare that Tree | 27 |
Range Wars and Range Conservation | 49 |
The Public Land Question | 66 |
Taming the Nations Rivers | 91 |
The Conservation Crusade | 122 |
Conflict over Conservation Policy | 147 |
Organized Conservation in Decline | 175 |
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