Jacoby's Concept Of Moral Ecology Summary

Jacoby displays a handful of historical methods and sources to help explain and defend his historical argument. The book is organized is organized chronologically even though during the book there are some moments where some case studies seem to overlap each other. The book is set up in the chronological order because it is the arrangement of things following one after another time. Jacoby wanted the viewers to understand the time era impacted the decision making of creating these parks. If Jacoby organized the book in a different manner, the reader might not be able to follow Jacoby main argument and lose track of what he is trying to say about the content. Two important concepts in the book that reveal Jacoby's sympathy lie are what he terms …show more content…
Jacoby's concept of moral ecology refers to the ways in which the people lived in that area controlled their own community's relationship with nature. Jacoby address's the books main argument in each three contents of his book that compares both state simplification and moral ecology: Forest (Adirondacks Mountains), Mountain (Yellowstone), and Desert (Grand Canyon). He discusses how each park was affected both positive and negative to the environment, when these parks were created, the process of creating these three parks, and who were affected by creating these parks. He uses evidence such as photocopied news clippings and articles from that time. He uses pictures to help the reader develop a better sense of imagery of how the scene and setting was. If Jacoby did not include pictures in the book the reader might not have been able to make the connection to what it actual was. The first content Jacoby covers is on the Adirondacks Mountains where he discusses the rise of the conservation movement after the Civil War. Jacoby concludes that for some people living in the Adirondacks Mountains, the forest that had once been the people's home had become the instrument of their