Working-Class Conservationism in New York
Governor Alfred E. Smith and “The Property of the People of the State”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12453441 |
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| Authors | Robert Chiles (Oral Roberts University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 157-183 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-5453 • E-ISSN: 1930-8892 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/envhis/ems112 |
| OpenAlex | W2328948001 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In New York in the 1920s, Gov. Alfred E. Smith—an archetypically urban machine politician—led a series of conservationist crusades in which he dismissed the claims of private property and antagonized powerful corporations. Propelled by the enthusiastic support of urban ethnic voters and armed with a notorious mastery of political rhetoric, Smith aggressively expounded a working-class conservationism, pursuing equal access to the benefits of his state's natural blessings for citizens of every background. Indeed, the progressive Smith went as far as to demand what I describe as a “redistribution of environmental wealth.” Smith's career illustrates the conservation program of a leading urban progressive and prominent national figure who promoted a vigorous, state-centered conservation platform in the interwar period
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