U.s. Environmentalism Since 1945 - A Brief History With Documents

Zusatztext "This volume presents a wide-ranging and provocative selection of primary documents that will stimulate students to think critically about the complex nature and multiple aspects of American environmentalism in the modern era." - Rebecca Conrad! Middle Tennessee State University Informationen zum Autor Steven Stoll is Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Yale University. Klappentext By the end of World War II, Americans relationship with nature had changed dramatically. New consumption patterns drove an industrial economy that damaged the earth in new ways, and the atomic age heightened awareness of the earth s fragility. Environmental historian Steven Stoll identifies 1945 as the birth of American environmentalism - the point when conservation and nature advocacy fused with activism to form a political movement. In this thematically organized collection of primary sources, Stoll traces the development of the environmental movement and identifies its central issues and ideologies, including the politics of preservation, population growth, biological interdependence, ecodefense, climate change, ethical consumption, and environmental justice. Stoll s insightful introduction provides students with a solid overview of environmentalism s origins and contextualizes the topics raised by the documents. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support. Zusammenfassung In this thematically organized collection of primary sources, Stoll traces the development of the environmental movement and identifies its central issues and ideologies, including the politics of preservation, population growth, biological interdependence, ecodefense, climate change, ethical consumption, and environmental justice.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Na Na, Steven Stoll, University Steven (Yale University) Stoll
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 06.02.2007
• EAN: 9781403971524
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7152-4
• Pages: 188
• Thèmes: The Bedford Series in History and Culture; Bedford Cultural Editions Series; Bedford Series in History & Cu; Bedford Series in History & Cu; Bedford Cultural Editions; The Bedford Series in History and Culture; Bedford Cultural Editions Series
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Livres scolaires pour élèves; Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Sciences humaines en général; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; B, Humanities, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Humanities and Social Sciences, Palgrave History Collection