American Environmentalism

Author : Riley E. Dunlap
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317758803
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Environmentalism written by Riley E. Dunlap and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Hailed as required reading for environmental sociologist and social movements, this book is written as a scholarly work and from a social science perspective; and is an ideal textbook for environmental courses.

Author : Roderick Nash
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Environmentalism written by Roderick Nash and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1990 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : J. Michael Martinez
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466559713
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Environmentalism written by J. Michael Martinez and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protecting the natural environment and promoting sustainability have become important objectives, but achieving such goals presents myriad challenges for even the most committed environmentalist. American Environmentalism: Philosophy, History, and Public Policy examines whether competing interests can be reconciled while developing consistent, cohe

Author : Devon G. Peña
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816550824
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexican Americans and the Environment written by Devon G. Peña and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican Americans have traditionally had a strong land ethic, believing that humans must respect la tierra because it is the source of la vida. As modern market forces exploit the earth, communities struggle to control their own ecological futures, and several studies have recorded that Mexican Americans are more impacted by environmental injustices than are other national-origin groups. In our countryside, agricultural workers are poisoned by pesticides, while farmers have lost ancestral lands to expropriation. And in our polluted inner cities, toxic wastes sicken children in their very playgrounds and homes. This book addresses the struggle for environmental justice, grassroots democracy, and a sustainable society from a variety of Mexican American perspectives. It draws on the ideas and experiences of people from all walks of life—activists, farmworkers, union organizers, land managers, educators, and many others—who provide a clear overview of the most critical ecological issues facing Mexican-origin people today. The text is organized to first provide a general introduction to ecology, from both scientific and political perspectives. It then presents an environmental history for Mexican-origin people on both sides of the border, showing that the ecologically sustainable Norteño land use practices were eroded by the conquest of El Norte by the United States. It finally offers a critique of the principal schools of American environmentalism and introduces the organizations and struggles of Mexican Americans in contemporary ecological politics. Devon Peña contrasts tenets of radical environmentalism with the ecological beliefs and grassroots struggles of Mexican-origin people, then shows how contemporary environmental justice struggles in Mexican American communities have challenged dominant concepts of environmentalism. Mexican Americans and the Environment is a didactically sound text that introduces students to the conceptual vocabularies of ecology, culture, history, and politics as it tells how competing ideas about nature have helped shape land use and environmental policies. By demonstrating that any consideration of environmental ethics is incomplete without taking into account the experiences of Mexican Americans, it clearly shows students that ecology is more than nature study but embraces social issues of critical importance to their own lives.

Author : David Mazel
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820321806
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Literary Environmentalism written by David Mazel and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through these literary studies, Maze demonstrates how broadly American culture is saturated with the wilderness mystique - and how the construction of the environment is an exercise of cultural power."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Mark Dowie
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262540841
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Losing Ground written by Mark Dowie and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the environmental movement from its beginnings as private clubs, to the activism of the 1960s and 1970s, to the corporate sellout of the 1990s. Unveils the stories behind American environmentalism's undeniable triumphs and its quite unnecessary failures.

Author : Joy Porter
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803248350
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native American Environmentalism written by Joy Porter and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally titled: Land and spirit in native America, 2012.

Author : Bill McKibben
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1598530208
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (LOA #182) written by Bill McKibben and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, provocative, and timely anthology, gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries. Classics of the environmental imagination, the essays of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs; Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac; Rachel Carson's Silent Spring - are set against the inspiring story of an emerging activist movement, as revealed by newly uncovered reports of pioneering campaigns for conservation, passages from landmark legal opinions and legislation, and searing protest speeches. Here are some of America's greatest and most impassioned writers, taking a turn toward nature and recognizing the fragility of our situation on earth and the urgency of the search for a sustainable way of life. Thought-provoking essays on overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and the nature of nature, join ecologists - memoirs and intimate sketches of the habitats of endangered species. The anthology includes a detailed chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, as well as an 80-page color portfolio of illustrations.

Author : Chad Montrie
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441198687
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A People's History of Environmentalism in the United States written by Chad Montrie and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging current thinking and presenting an innovative perspective.

Author : Jennifer Thomson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469651653
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wild and the Toxic written by Jennifer Thomson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism. There are many competing claims about the health of ecosystems, the health of the planet, and the health of humans, yet there is little agreement among the likes of D.C. lobbyists, grassroots organizers, eco-anarchist collectives, and science-based advocacy organizations about whose health matters most, or what health even means. In this book, Jennifer Thomson untangles the complex web of political, social, and intellectual developments that gave rise to the multiplicity of claims and concerns about environmental health. Thomson traces four strands of activism from the 1970s to the present: the environmental lobby, environmental justice groups, radical environmentalism and bioregionalism, and climate justice activism. By focusing on health, environmentalists were empowered to intervene in the rise of neoliberalism, the erosion of the regulatory state, and the decimation of mass-based progressive politics. Yet, as this book reveals, an individualist definition of health ultimately won out over more communal understandings. Considering this turn from collective solidarity toward individual health helps explain the near paralysis of collective action in the face of planetary disaster.