LEADER 03254nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910807660003321 005 20230725053506.0 010 $a0-8264-5572-7 010 $a1-283-30781-2 010 $a9786613307811 010 $a1-4411-7545-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057358 035 $a(EBL)793289 035 $a(OCoLC)758336089 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC793289 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL793289 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10505724 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330781 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1744060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1744060 035 $a(OCoLC)884017359 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057358 100 $a20111020d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA people's history of environmentalism in the United States$b[electronic resource] /$fChad Montrie 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-1672-9 311 $a1-4411-9868-7 327 $aCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Shaking Up What, When, and Why; 1 Puritan to Yankee Redux: Farming, Fishing, and Our Very Own Dark, Satanic Mills; 2 Why "Game Wardens" Carry Guns and Interpretive Rangers Dress like Soldiers: Class Conflict in Forests and Parks; 3 Missionaries Find the Urban Jungle: Sanitation and Worker Health and Safety; 4 Green Relief and Recovery: By Which Working People and Nature Get a New Deal; 5 A Popular Crusade: Organized Labor Takes the Lead against Pollution 327 $a6 To Stir Up Dissent and Create Turmoil: Inventing Environmental JusticeConclusion: Rethinking Environmentalism, Past, and Present; Bibliographic Essay: A Few Books and Articles That Changed the Way We Think about Class and the History of Environmentalism in the United States; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book offers a fresh and innovative account of the history of environmentalism in the United States, challenging the dominant narrative in the field. In the widely-held version of events, the US environmental movement was born with the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 and was driven by the increased leisure and wealth of an educated middle class. Chad Montrie's telling moves the origins of environmentalism much further back in time and attributes the growth of environmental awareness to working people and their families. From the antebellum era to the end of the twentie 606 $aEnvironmentalism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aEnvironmentalism$xHistory. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy$xHistory. 676 $a333.720973 676 $a363.7/03/0973 700 $aMontrie$b Chad$01605077 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807660003321 996 $aA people's history of environmentalism in the United States$93957045 997 $aUNINA