The Roots of Environmental Consciousness

Popular Tradition and Personal Experience
Herausgeber: Hussey, Stephen; Thompson, Paul

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the roots of contemporary environmental consciousness and action in terms of both popular experience and tradition. A wide range of case-studies explore traditions and myths that shape our environmental thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415543996
• ISBN-10: 0415543991
• Artikelnr.: 57042118

Autorenporträt

Stephen Hussey, Paul Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: the roots of environmental consciousness
Stephen Hussey
Paul Thompson; Chapter 2 The English
the trees
the wild and the green
Paul Thompson; Chapter 3 Animals
children and peasants in Tuscany
Giovanni Contini; Chapter 4 Narrating nature
Daniela Koleva; Chapter 5 When the water comes
Selma Leydesdorff; Chapter 6 'Our land is our only wealth'
Olivia Bennett; Chapter 7 Using community memory against the onslaught of development
Jaclyn Jeffrey; Chapter 8 Signs of things to come
David W. Forrest; Chapter 9 The environmental movement in Kazakstan
Timothy Edmunds; Chapter 10 Paths to ecofeminist activism
Niamh Moore; Chapter 11 Pathways to the Amazon
Andréa Zhouri;