Introduction: In the American beginning -- Narrating the assimilation of nature -- Surveying the ground -- Axe, clearing, cabin -- The nurturing forest -- The mill, or natural power -- Pollution and class conflict -- Let us conquer space -- The route of superior desolation -- Conquered rivers are better servants than wild clouds -- Water monopoly: federal irrigation and factories in the field -- Progress or entropy? -- Conclusion: Second creation, conservation, and wilderness.
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