Loving Nature, Fearing the State - Environmentalism and Antigovernment Politics Before Reagan

Informationen zum Autor Brian Allen Drake is a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia. Klappentext Brian Allen Drake is a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia. "Loving Nature, Fearing the State fills a void: it shows that the relation between conservatism as a political ideology and the rise of modern environmentalism is much more complex than is usually acknowledged. The murky intersection of concern for the natural world and distrust for authority makes for an intriguing story, and the book is full of memorable anecdotes that spice up the narrative." -J. Brooks Flippen, author of Conservative Conservationist "Since 1980, it has sometimes seemed as if environmentalism and liberalism were synonymous, tempting Americans to forget the contributions of conservatives to environmentalist thought during earlier decades when the movement was first emerging. In this valuable book, Brian Allen Drake offers a salutary reminder of a time when both liberals and conservatives saw the environment as an arena in which their core political values could find favorable expression." --William Cronon Zusammenfassung Explores the tensions inherent in balancing an ideology dedicated to limiting the power of government with a commitment to protecting treasured landscapes and ecological health. The author argues that "antistatist" beliefs have colored the American passion for wilderness but also complicated environmental protection efforts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction: Nature's Strange Bedfellows 1. Arizona Portraits: The Natural World of Barry Goldwater, Part I 2. Precious Bodily Fluids: Floridation, Environmentalism, and Antistatism 3. The Environmental Conscience of a Conservative: The Natural World of Barry Goldwater, Part II 4. Tending Nature with the Invisible Hand: The Free-Market Environmentalists 5. Like a Scarlet Thread: Into the Political Wilderness with Edward Abbey Epilogue: The Fading Green Elephant: Or the Decline of Antistatist Environmentalism Notes Selected Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Brian Allen Drake, Brian Allen/ Cronon Drake
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9780295992990
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99299-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Loving Nature, Fearing the State; Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksLoving Nature, Fearing the State
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous