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UNINA9910783867403321 |
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Autore |
Buell Frederick <1942, > |
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Titolo |
From apocalypse to way of life : environmental crisis in the American century / / Frederick Buell |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-95313-9 |
0-203-60302-8 |
1-135-95314-7 |
1-280-05752-1 |
0-203-48493-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (406 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmentalism - United States |
Environmental policy - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: The Decade of Crisis; The Politics of Denial; Taking Crisis Seriously?; Elaborating Crisis An Introductory Caution; Natures in Crisis, Part 1: An Inventory of the External World; Natures in Crisis, Part 2: Deepening Intimacy; Environmental Crisis as a Social Crisis; Crisis History: From Prophecy to Risk, from Apocalypse to Dwelling Place; The Culture of Hyperexuberance; Representing Crisis: Environmental Crisis in Popular Fiction and Film; Taking Crisis Seriously: Environmental Crisis and Contemporary Literature; Appendix; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An explanation of the growing number of ecological and social problems critical for the environment, and the impact that growing experience with and understanding of them has had on American politics, society and culture. |
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