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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777361803321

Autore

Shabecoff Philip <1934->

Titolo

A fierce green fire : the American environmental movement / / Philip Shabecoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-59726-759-7

1-4175-3910-0

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages)

Disciplina

363.7/057/0973

Soggetti

Environmentalism - United States - History

Environmental policy - United States - History

Environmental protection - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The garden and the wilderness -- Subduing nature -- The awakening -- Keepers of the house -- Saving ourselves -- The environmental revolution -- Saving land -- Saving life -- The search for pax Gaia -- The counterrevolution -- The new people's army -- The third wave -- Ebb tide -- Rebuilding the house.