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A people's history of environmentalism in the United States /
This book offers a fresh and innovative account of the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging the dominant narrative in the field. In the widely-held version of events, the US environmental movement was born with the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book offers a fresh and innovative account of the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging the dominant narrative in the field. In the widely-held version of events, the US environmental movement was born with the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 and was driven by the increased leisure and wealth of an educated middle class. Chad Montrie's telling moves the origins of environmentalism much further back in time and attributes the growth of environmental awareness to working people and their families. From the antebellum era to the end of the twentie. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([xi], 187 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441175458 1441175458 1283307812 9781283307819 |