HI 440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Conservation Movement, List Of Domesticated Animals, Three Roots
Conservation and Progressivism
Increase in the total United States population from
the previous decade
Shift from rural to urban cities (demographic shift)
that changes American life and politics drastically
The scale of change in population and demographics has never been seen before and is never
replicated in American history.
Progressive Ideas
● United in the belief of reform in order to keep up with the changes happening in the
population
● Science, technology and the role of professionals/experts all become major forces
● One word to describe progressive and their vision is efficiency
○ Use of tools such as science and technology to better life and decrease waste
George Perkins Marsh
● Wrote Man and Nature to show how civilization had declined due to the decline in their
natural worlds and lack of management in natural resources (over harvest, waste in
resources)
○ Provided example of the decline of Roman empire
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Document Summary
Increase in the total united states population from the previous decade. Shift from rural to urban cities (demographic shift) that changes american life and politics drastically. The scale of change in population and demographics has never been seen before and is never replicated in american history. United in the belief of reform in order to keep up with the changes happening in the population. Science, technology and the role of professionals/experts all become major forces. One word to describe progressive and their vision is efficiency. Use of tools such as science and technology to better life and decrease waste. Wrote man and nature to show how civilization had declined due to the decline in their natural worlds and lack of management in natural resources (over harvest, waste in resources) Provided example of the decline of roman empire. Put responsibility to carry out progressive ideas in the government and experts of technology/information. Changes in the way science is imagined.
