Environmental Literature - An Encyclopedia of Works, Authors, and Themes

This book surveys major environmental writings on a wide range of subjects, from the origin and evolution of plants and animals to such recent environmental philosophies as deep ecology and the Gaia hypothesis. Environmental Literature examines works such as The Origin of Species , The Anatomy of Plants , Climate and Evolution , The Descent of Man , The Living Sea , Natural History , Playing God in Yellowstone , and Silent Spring . Each entry summarizes the work''s main points and notes its reception and impact. Other entries include animal ecology, biodiversity, Chernobyl, Alexander von Humboldt, forest management, Stephen Jay Gould, nature writing, Charles Darwin, and the simple living movement.>

About the author

PATRICIA D. NETZLEY is a freelance writer who has published nonfiction for children, young adults, and adults. Her publications include The Assassination of President Kennedy

he Importance of Queen Victoria

e Mysterious Death of Butch Cassidy

d Life During the Renaissance.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia D Netzley, Patricia D. Netzley, Netzley Patricia D.
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.1999
• EAN: 9781576070000
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-000-0
• No. of pages: 339
• Series: ABC-CLIO Literary Companion
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Literary studies: general, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Bibliographies, catalogues