The roots of environmental consciousness : popular tradition and personal experience / / edited by Stephen Hussey and Paul Thompson

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 226 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.705
• Soggetto topico: Environmentalism; Environmental sciences
• Altri autori: HusseyStephen <1967-> ThompsonPaul <1935->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; INTRODUCTION: THE ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS; 1 THE ENGLISH, THE TREES, THE WILD AND THE GREEN; 2 ANIMALS, CHILDREN AND PEASANTS IN TUSCANY; 3 NARRATING NATURE; 4 WHEN THE WATER COMES; 5 'OUR LAND IS OUR ONLY WEALTH'; 6 USING COMMUNITY MEMORY AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF DEVELOPMENT; 7 SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME; 8 THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN KAZAKSTAN; 9 PATHS TO ECOFEMINIST ACTIVISM; 10 PATHWAYS TO THE AMAZON; REVIEWS; 'Not otherwise touchable somehow': ecocriticism and literature Jeff Wallace; Archetypal history: Simon Schama's Landscape and Memory Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the roots of contemporary environmental consciousness and action in terms of both popular experience and tradition. A wide range of geographical and thematic case-studies explore the myth, tradition and collective memory that shape our environmental thought. Containing a wealth of empirical source material, this book will be invaluable for sociologists and historians alike.
• Titolo autorizzato: The roots of environmental consciousness
• ISBN: 1-280-31805-8; 0-203-47111-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910222235903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; ; 6.