Make It a Green Peace! - The Rise of a Countercultural Environmentalism

Zusatztext this densely sourced narrative is the definitive independent account, especially of the early years - and is highly readable. Informationen zum Autor Frank Zelko is Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont Klappentext Make it a Green Peace! explores the complex intellectual and cultural roots of Greenpeace, tracing the development of the organization from its emergence amidst the various protest movements of the 1950s and 1960s to the end of its volative, dramatic, and at times quirky first decade in 1980. Zusammenfassung Make it a Green Peace! explores the complex intellectual and cultural roots of Greenpeace, tracing the development of the organization from its emergence amidst the various protest movements of the 1950s and 1960s to the end of its volative, dramatic, and at times quirky first decade in 1980. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Speak Truth to Power 2. The Enemies of Anarchy 3. The Canadian Crucible 4. Don't Make a Wave 5. Muroroa, Mon Amour 6. Showdown with the Force de Frappe 7. Armless Buddhas vs Carnivorous Nazis 8. The Reenchanted Whale 9. Stop Ahab 10. On Thin Ice 11. Blood and Death and Sex 12. The Paradox of Power: The Birth of Greenpeace International Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Frank Zelko, Frank (Assistant Professor of History Zelko, Zelko Frank
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2013
• EAN: 9780199947089
• ISBN: 978-0-19-994708-9
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Regional & national history, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, The environment, Social and cultural history, Science / Environmental Science, General and world history