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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827807203321

Titolo

Barry Commoner's contribution to the environmental movement : science and social action / / editors, David Kriebel, Mary Lee Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-351-84574-8

1-315-22505-0

1-351-84573-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 pages)

Disciplina

363.7

Soggetti

Environmentalism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction Chapter 1: Barry Commoner: The Father of Grass-Roots Environmentalism, Peter Montague -- Chapter 2: The Day Before Yesterday: The Committees for Nuclear and Environmental Information, Virginia Warner Brodine -- Chapter 3: Crossing Paths: Science and the Working Class, Tony Mazzocchi -- Chapter 4: Real Junk Science: The Corruption of Science by Corporate Money, Ralph Nader -- Chapter 5: Barry Commoner's Science: An Anecdotal Overview, Danny Kohl -- Chapter 6: Barry Commoner and the Hamburger Story: Can Ideology Prevail Over Science?, Piero Dolara -- Chapter 7: The Contribution of Barry Commoner to the Renewal of the Italian Left, Giovanni Berlinguer -- Chapter 8: Barry Commoner's Day, Chicco Testa -- Chapter 9: What is Yet to Be Done, Barry Commoner -- Contributors; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Few people have made greater contributions to protecting and improving the environment than the scientist, teacher, activist Dr. Barry Commoner. For half a century, Dr. Commoner has been an international leader in the environmental movement. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, a symposium was held at which invited speakers discussed his contributions to a wide range of environmental issues. This book, collecting many of the invited papers, provides fascinating insights into the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists and social activists. Chapters contributed by other activists, scientists, and scholars including Ralph Nader, Tony Mazzocchi and



Peter Montague cover many of Dr. Commoner's major contributions.