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

Zusatztext The story of Greenpeace is both astonishing and important-and Frank Zelko tells the story brilliantly. Make It a Green Peace! is a witty and wise account of one of the defining environmental groups of our time. Informationen zum Autor Frank Zelko is Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. Klappentext The emergence of Greenpeace in the late 1960s from a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear and anti-whaling activists fundamentally changed the nature of environmentalism--its purpose, philosophy, and tactics--around the world. And yet there has been no comprehensive objective history of Greenpeace's origins-until now. 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

Product details

• Authors: Frank Zelko, Frank (Assistant Professor of History Zelko, Zelko Frank
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780190610777
• ISBN: 978-0-19-061077-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; History, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Conservation of the environment, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business