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Peterson, William D. "Storm Warriors: The United States Life Saving Service in American Culture, 1870-1915," American Studies Department, Bowling Green State University, May 1998.
This dissertation examines the representation of the United State Life-Saving Service (USLSS) in American culture from 1870 to 1915. Scholars have described the time between 1870 and 1915 as a period in which many Americans carried out their activities with a blatant disregard for the natural landscape. It is also a time when the doctrine of “survival of the fittest” was popular. Paintings, literature, and government documents were used to examine the USLSS in American culture. My research indicated disregard for the natural world and humanity was not pervasive in all of American society between 1870 and 1915.
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