SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Conservation Movement, Rachel Carson

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: La Torre Aurelie

Document Summary

Early c19: environment not a social problem. Late c19: becomes a subjective concern, conservation movement = theodore roosevelt. Approved legislation for national parks and conserve environment. Conservation environmental concern: 5 stages in (~1960s: scientists. Geographers were 1st ones to talk about it: interest groups. People who think alike on specific issue and can mobilize for political action: government agencies, news media. Everything connected so began to connect bigger issue stuff and present it to the public (info about environmental problems: the public: 3 events. 1962 rachel carson marine biologist wrote the silent spring. Talked about pesticides such as ddt (banned in 1992) 1969 oil well erupts on west coast on ca.