Vanishing America: Species Extinction, Racial Peril, And The Origins Of Conservation

Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America’s white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement.

• | Author: Miles A. Powell
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674971566
• | ISBN-13: 9780674971561