Earth First! and the anti-roads movement : radical environmentalism and comparative social movements / / Derek Wall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808671103321
• Autore: Wall Derek
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-65579-7; 1-134-65580-0; 1-280-19556-8; 0-203-26346-4; 0-203-01068-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.77; 363.7/0576
• Soggetti: Environmentalism; Green movement; Political ecology; Environmentalism - Citizen participation
• 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 (pages [195]-210) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Earth First!, profits last; no more roads!; Car wars; The origins of Earth First!; Twyford, other tribes and other trials; Activist identity; Political opportunities and direct action; Culture, ideology and the anti-roads movement; Globalised greens; The preferred way of doing things; Appendix: Contact addresses; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Earth First! is one of the most controversial and well known green movements in the world and the driving force behind the anti-road campaigns of the 1990's, made famous by sabotage tactics. Detailed accounts of major anti-road campaigns both in the UK and internationally are included, describing confrontations at Twyford, Newbury, Glasgow, the Autobahn in Germany, and information on the international spread of the Earth First! movement, with details of campaigns in Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, Holland and Eastern ; Europe. Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement traces the origins