A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement provides students with a balanced, historical perspective on the history of the environmental movement in relation to major social and political events in U.S. history, from the pre-colonial era to the present. The book highlights important people and events, places critical ......
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the creation of the EPA, this book brings together leading scholars and EPA veterans to provide a comprehensive assessment of the agency's key decisions and actions in various areas of its responsibility. The authors have set out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the agency's rich 50-year history.
Taking up the collective insistence on the centrality of story to extinction studies, this volume engages with what is traditionally understood as Anthropocene fiction and highlights the questions these fictions ask of extinction, while simultaneously bringing texts typically not thought of as Anthropocene fiction into fruitful discourse.
"This book invites the reader to explore the chains of improbable events that can mold a long unknown pathogen into an agent of distress and tragedy for humanity"--
Religion, Environmental Change, and Environmental Concern in the United
Faiths in Green examines how the relationship between religious upbringing, affiliation, disaffiliation, and environmental concern in the United States has changed over time. Public opinion data combined with historical insights show how and why religious groups have constructively responded to environmental change across generations.
Religion, Environmental Change, and Environmental Concern in the United
Faiths in Green examines how the relationship between religious upbringing, affiliation, disaffiliation, and environmental concern in the United States has changed over time. Public opinion data combined with historical insights show how and why religious groups have constructively responded to environmental change across generations.
The Everglades is a unique wetland ecosystem that spans across central and south Florida. Not only popular in the state, but the Everglades is also an international interest for United States National Park travelers, environmentalists, and nature lovers. But conservation and protection are needed now more than ever due to human and natural ......
Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society. In this book, Cristiano Luis Lenzi critically ......
Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society.
