The Sierra Club: Environmental Activism and US Empire, 1892–1900

Dean Clay

doi:10.6092/issn.2611-2752/18240

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Dean Clay Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8449-1158

Dr. Dean Clay is Honorary Research Fellow at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation. He has previously taught at the University of Hull, Newcastle University, University of Northumbria, and Liverpool John Moores University. Dean’s research interests are in the field of US activism, particularly on movements and organizations whose activities transcend national boundaries, with a specific focus on how activists coordinate and the impact of their activism on government domestic and foreign policy. The author would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the Editorial Board for their guidance and thoughtful comments on earlier versions of this article.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-2752/18240

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Conservation, Empire, Settler-Colonialism , Activism , Sierra Club

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Formed in 1892, the Sierra Club (SC) is the oldest US environmental organization concerned with the environment within US borders and beyond. Yet, to date, the Club has not received much attention from historians. Using personal papers of SC members, government documents, and newspaper articles, this paper unpacks the Club’s role in important environmental issues, such as the sustainability of natural resources and the creation of national parks and commissions. It assesses the impact of its activism on these key events, on themes such as preservation, conservation, “wilderness” tourism, and the growth of the US empire.

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