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18 produkter
Environmental Justice in Postwar America
A Documentary Reader
Inbunden, 2018
1819 kr
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In the decades after World War II, the American economy entered a period of prolonged growth that created unprecedented affluence—but these developments came at the cost of a host of new environmental problems. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of them, such as pollution-emitting factories, …
Debating Malthus
A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources, and the Environment
Inbunden, 2022
1916 kr
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Introducing students to the place of population in environmental thinkingFor centuries, thinking about the earth's increasing human population has been tied to environmental ideas and political action. This highly teachable collection of contextualized primary sources allows students to follow …
Debating Malthus
A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources, and the Environment
Häftad, 2022
471 kr
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Introducing students to the place of population in environmental thinkingFor centuries, thinking about the earth's increasing human population has been tied to environmental ideas and political action. This highly teachable collection of contextualized primary sources allows students to follow …
Mountain Gloom and Mountain Glory
The Development of the Aesthetics of the Infinite
Häftad, 1997
612 kr
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To English poets and writers of the seventeenth century, as to their predecessors, mountains were ugly protuberances which disfigured nature and threatened the symmetry of earth; they were symbols God’s wrath. Yet, less than two centuries later the romantic poets sang in praise of mountain …
Man and Nature
Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
Av George Perkins Marsh, David Lowenthal
Häftad, 2003
532 kr
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In Man and Nature, first published in 1864, polymath scholar and diplomat George Perkins Marsh challenged the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had brought about their own collapse by their abuse …
Conservation in the Progressive Era
Classic Texts
Häftad, 2004
316 kr
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Conservation was the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. At its height, the conservation movement was a critical aspect of the broader reforms undertaken in the Progressive Era …
DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism
Classic Texts
Häftad, 2008
307 kr
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No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: …
Reel Nature
America's Romance with Wildlife on Film
Av Gregg Mitman
Häftad, 2009
485 kr
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Winner of the History of Science Society's Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize in the History of Science.From the early exploits of Teddy Roosevelt in Africa to blockbuster films such as March of the Penguins, Gregg Mitman's Reel Nature reveals how changing values, scientific developments, and …
Conservation in the Progressive Era
Classic Texts
Inbunden, 2015
1819 kr
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Conservation was the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. At its height, the conservation movement was a critical aspect of the broader reforms undertaken in the Progressive Era …
DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism
Classic Texts
Inbunden, 2015
1710 kr
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No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: …
Nuclear Reactions
Documenting American Encounters with Nuclear Energy
Inbunden, 2016
1819 kr
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Nuclear Reactions explores the nuclear consensus that emerged in post–World War II America, characterized by widespread support for a diplomatic and military strategy based on nuclear weapons and a vision of economic growth that welcomed nuclear energy both for the generation of electricity and for …
Nuclear Reactions
Documenting American Encounters with Nuclear Energy
Häftad, 2016
471 kr
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Nuclear Reactions explores the nuclear consensus that emerged in post–World War II America, characterized by widespread support for a diplomatic and military strategy based on nuclear weapons and a vision of economic growth that welcomed nuclear energy both for the generation of electricity and for …
Making Climate Change History
Documents from Global Warming's Past
Inbunden, 2017
1916 kr
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This collection pulls together key documents from the scientific and political history of climate change, including congressional testimony, scientific papers, newspaper editorials, court cases, and international declarations. Far more than just a compendium of source materials, the book uses these …
Making Climate Change History
Documents from Global Warming's Past
Häftad, 2017
471 kr
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This collection pulls together key documents from the scientific and political history of climate change, including congressional testimony, scientific papers, newspaper editorials, court cases, and international declarations. Far more than just a compendium of source materials, the book uses these …
Environmental Justice in Postwar America
A Documentary Reader
Häftad, 2018
471 kr
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In the decades after World War II, the American economy entered a period of prolonged growth that created unprecedented affluence—but these developments came at the cost of a host of new environmental problems. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of them, such as pollution-emitting factories, …
Environmental Moment
1968-1972
Häftad, 2012
382 kr
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The Environmental Moment is a collection of documents that reveal the significance of the years 1968-1972 to the environmental movement in the United States. With material ranging from short pieces from the Whole Earth Catalog and articles from the Village Voice to lectures, posters, and government …
Wilderness Writings of Howard Zahniser
Inbunden, 2014
1861 kr
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Howard Zahniser (1906–1964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964. The act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System, was …
Wilderness Writings of Howard Zahniser
Häftad, 2016
382 kr
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Howard Zahniser (1906–1964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964. The act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System, was …
