LEADER 04622nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910952256603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781597267595 010 $a1597267597 010 $a9781417539109 010 $a1417539100 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002931 035 $a(OCoLC)70743942 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10729956 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154560 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153001 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154560 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10417805 035 $a(PQKB)10185670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3317643 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3317643 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10729956 035 $a(OCoLC)923187713 035 $a(Perlego)3288172 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002931 100 $a20030513d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA fierce green fire $ethe American environmental movement /$fPhilip Shabecoff 205 $aRev. ed. 210 $aWashington, DC $cIsland Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9781559634373 311 0 $a1559634375 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index. 327 $aThe garden and the wilderness -- Subduing nature -- The awakening -- Keepers of the house -- Saving ourselves -- The environmental revolution -- Saving land -- Saving life -- The search for pax Gaia -- The counterrevolution -- The new people's army -- The third wave -- Ebb tide -- Rebuilding the house. 330 8 $aIn A Fierce Green Fire, renowned environmental journalist Philip Shabecoff presents the definitive history of American environmentalism from the earliest days of the republic to the present. He offers a sweeping overview of the contemporary environmental movement and the political, economic, social and ethical forces that have shaped it. More importantly, he considers what today's environmental movement needs to do if it is to fight off the powerful forces that oppose it and succeed in its mission of protecting the American people, their habitat, and their future. Shabecoff traces the ecological transformation of North America as a result of the mass migration of Europeans to the New World, showing how the environmental impulse slowly formed among a growing number of Americans until, by the last third of the 20th Century, environmentalism emerged as a major social and cultural movement. The efforts of key environmental figures -- among them Henry David Thoreau, George Perkins Marsh, Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, David Brower, Barry Commoner, and Rachel Carson -- are examined. So, too, are the activities of non-governmental environmental groups as well as government agencies such as the EPA and Interior Department, along with grassroots efforts of Americans in communities across the country. The author also describes the economic and ideological forces aligned against environmentalism and their increasing successes in recent decades. Originally published in 1993, this new edition brings the story up to date with an analysis of how the administration of George W. Bush is seeking to dismantle a half-century of progress in protecting the land and its people, and a consideration of the growing international effort to protect Earth's life-support systems and the obstacles that the United States government is placing before that effort. In a forward-looking final chapter, Shabecoff casts a cold eye on just what the environmental movement must do to address the challenges it faces. Now, at this time when environmental law, institutions, and values are under increased attack -- and opponents of environmentalism are enjoying overwhelming political and economic power -- A Fierce Green Fire is a vital reminder of how far we have come in protecting our environment and how much we have to lose. 606 $aEnvironmentalism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEnvironmental protection$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aEnvironmentalism$xHistory. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy$xHistory. 615 0$aEnvironmental protection$xHistory. 676 $a363.7/057/0973 700 $aShabecoff$b Philip$f1934-$01810532 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910952256603321 996 $aA fierce green fire$94361906 997 $aUNINA