LEADER 03979nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910452303003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-09892-6 010 $a9786612098925 010 $a0-262-27217-2 010 $a1-4294-7711-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108915 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127655 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108915 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10067824 035 $a(PQKB)11384470 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338719 035 $a(OCoLC)145464695$z(OCoLC)320325695$z(OCoLC)608427860$z(OCoLC)614535907$z(OCoLC)631014199$z(OCoLC)648325714$z(OCoLC)722598504$z(OCoLC)728040972$z(OCoLC)961524797$z(OCoLC)962669958$z(OCoLC)1058533732 035 $a(OCoLC-P)145464695 035 $a(MaCbMITP)1522 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338719 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190464 035 $a(OCoLC)145464695 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472977 100 $a20060913d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBarry Commoner and the science of survival$b[electronic resource] $ethe remaking of American environmentalism /$fMichael Egan 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT$dc2007 215 $axi, 283 p., [8] p. of plates $cill 225 1 $aUrban and industrial environments 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-05086-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-275) and index. 330 1 $a"For over half a century, the biologist Barry Commoner has been one of the most prominent and charismatic defenders of the American environment, appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1970 as the standard-bearer of "the emerging science of survival." In Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival, Michael Egan examines Commoner's social and scientific activism and charts an important shift in American environmental values since World War II." "Throughout his career, Commoner believed that scientists had a social responsibility, and that one of their most important obligations was to provide citizens with accessible scientific information so they could be included in public debates that concerned them. Egan shows how Commoner moved naturally from calling attention to the hazards of nuclear fallout to raising public awareness of the environmental dangers posed by the petrochemical industry. He argues that Commoner's belief in the importance of dissent, the dissemination of scientific information, and the need for citizen empowerment were critical planks in the remaking of American environmentalism." "Commoner's activist career can be defined as an attempt to weave together a larger vision of social justice. Since the 1960's, he has called attention to parallels between the environmental, civil rights, labor, and peace movements, and connected environmental decline with poverty, injustice, exploitation, and war, arguing that the root cause of environmental problems was the American economic system and its manifestations. He was instrumental in pointing out that there was a direct association between socioeconomic standing and exposure to environmental pollutants and that economics, not social responsibility, was guiding technological decision making. Egan argues that careful study of Commoner's career could help reinvigorate the contemporary environmental movement at a point when the environmental stakes have never been so high."--Jacket. 410 0$aUrban and industrial environments. 606 $aEnvironmentalism$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmentalism$xHistory. 676 $a363.70973 700 $aEgan$b Michael$f1974-$0791452 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452303003321 996 $aBarry Commoner and the science of survival$91768932 997 $aUNINA