Tract-house development became symbolized as environmental rape in the 1960s

Evidence

In the 1960s, open-space activists began to use a recognizably environmentalist rhetoric. The image of the bulldozer in the countryside became a powerful symbol of the environmental irresponsibility of American culture. The idea that development was a form of rape also became common in the 1960s. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 1534

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off chapter 43’s claim that feminized rape language became standard in open-space advocacy rhetoric. — connects to: Environmental criticism of postwar housing began by 1950 but went largely unheard — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 157; Suburban development relocated environmental threats from distant wilderness to the suburban home itself — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 570; The erosion crisis migrated from farmland to suburban construction by 1965 — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 825
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Suburban development relocated environmental threats from distant wilderness to the suburban home itself #expands (0.80) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 570
• Environmental criticism of postwar housing began by 1950 but went largely unheard #expands (0.75) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 157
• The erosion crisis migrated from farmland to suburban construction by 1965 #corroborates (0.70) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 825