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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451387103321

Autore

Thiele Leslie Paul

Titolo

Environmentalism for a new millennium [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge of coevolution / / Leslie Paul Thiele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-280-53010-3

0-19-535245-9

1-4294-0464-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

363.70050973

363.70570973

Soggetti

Environmentalism - United States

Social movements - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 From Conservation to Coevolution; 2 The Challenge of Coevolution: Interdependence and Sustainable Development; 3 The Quest for Environmental Sustainability: Generational Interdependence across Time; 4 The Quest for Environmental justice: Social Interdependence across Space; 5 The Quest for Environmental Integrity: Ecological Interdependence across Species; 6 Environmentalism for a New Millennium; Appendix: Notes on the Methodology and Interviews; Foundings of Environmental Organizations 1860-1990; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a history and dispassionate evaluation of American environmentalism, this volume touches on issues in philosophy, political science, and sociology, and can serve as a general introduction to the field or as a textbook for courses in environmental ethics, environmental politics or American social history.