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U.S. Environmentalism since 1945

by Steven Stoll

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U.S. Environmentalism since 1945

A Brief History with Documents

First Edition ©2007

ISBN-10: 0-312-41076-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-41076-6
Paper Text, 192 pages

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  Foreword
  Preface
  List of Illustrations
    
PART ONE
Introduction: The Rise of U.S. Environmentalism
    Industrialism and Its Discontents
    Romanticism
    Conservation vs. Environmentalism
    Criticizing Consumption
    What It Means to Be Green
    All Environmentalism Is Local

Conclusion: Pitfalls and Possibilities
    
PART TWO
The Documents
  1. Wilderness Romanticism
    1. Ansel Adams, Clearing Winter Storm, 1944
    2. Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades, 1947
    3. The Sierra Club, The Defense of Dinosaur, 1954
    4. Wallace Stegner, Wilderness Letter, 1960
    5. David Brower, The Place No One Knew, 1963
    6. Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire, 1968
    
  2. The End of Abundance
    7. Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons, 1968
    8. Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968
    9. Donella Meadows and Dennis Meadows, Limits to Growth, 1972
    10. Lester Brown, Outgrowing the Earth, 2004
    
  3. Ecology and Society
    11. Aldo Leopold, Thinking like a Mountain, 1949
    12. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962
    13. Barry Commoner, The Closing Circle, 1971
    14. The Endangered Species Act, 1973
    15. Bill Devall and George Sessions, On Cultivating Ecological Consciousness, 1985
    16. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Summary for Policymakers, 2001
    17. Edward O. Wilson, To the Ends of the Earth, 2002
    
  4. Green Politics
    18. How to Save the Earth, 1970
    19. Denis Hayes, Earth Day, 1970
    20. Ernest Callenbach, Ecotopia, 1975
    21. Amory Lovins, Soft Energy, 1977
    22. Dave Foreman, Ecodefense, 1985
    23. Bill McKibben, The End of Nature, 1989
    
  5. Acting Locally
    24. Lady Bird Johnson, Remarks before the General Session, 1965
    25. Ben H. Bagdikian, The Rape of the Land, 1966
    26. Santa Barbara Declaration of Environmental Rights, 1970
    27. Wendell Berry, The Agricultural Crisis as a Crisis of Culture, 1977
    28. Lois Gibbs, Knocking on Doors at Love Canal, 1983
    29. César Chávez, What Is the Worth of a Man or a Woman? 1989
    30. Vernice D. Miller, The Quest for Environmental Justice, 1993
    
  Appendixes
    A Chronology of Key Events in U.S. Environmentalism since 1945
    Questions for Consideration
    Selected Bibliography
    
  Index

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