POLLUTION DURING THE GILDED AGE

Pollution during the Gilded Age

Pollution during the Gilded Age

Urban Pollution during the Gilded Age

A pivotal era in American environmental history, the Gilded Age was marked by both a massive expansion in the consumption of natural resources and the emergence of conservation sentiment on a national scale. As the population grew from thirty-one million in l860 to seventy-six million in l900, the United States changed from a largely agrarian to an industrial economy, a process accompanied by heavy immigration, urbanization, and the adoption of new technologies. The corresponding economic growth, driven by core industries such as ...