Rethinking the American environmental movement post-1945 / Ellen Griffith Spears.
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TextLanguage: English Series: American social and political movements of the twentieth centuryPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2019Description: xiii, 274 pages: illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780415529587 (pbk.)
- GE197 .S72 2019
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | GE197 .S72 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000110634 | |||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | GE197 .S72 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.2 | Available | 30020000110633 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: a field of movements -- Antecedents: a wide arc (prior to 1945) -- The great acceleration and the rise of environmentalism (1945-1964) -- Expanding the field of movements: from the wilderness act to superfund (1964-1980) -- Conservative countermovement and the rise of environmental justice (1980-1990) -- Globalizing environmentalism (1990-2001) -- Intersectional activism and climate justice (2001-2018) -- Hope in a strange season.
"Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945 draws on new histories of local environmental activism to analyze actions of those who helped and those who hindered the movement. It provides a concise overview of the American environmental movement and is essential reading for both students or scholars"-- Provided by publisher.
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