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Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434975363
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Americans Held Hostage by the Environmentalist Movement written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Riley E. Dunlap
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317758803
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book American Environmentalism written by Riley E. Dunlap and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Hailed as required reading for environmental sociologist and social movements, this book is written as a scholarly work and from a social science perspective; and is an ideal textbook for environmental courses.
Author : Alicia Duchak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134661479
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book An A-Z of Modern America written by Alicia Duchak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An A-Z of Modern America is a comprehensive cultural dictionary which defines contemporary America through its history and civilization. The book includes entries on: key people from presidents to Babe Ruth American life, customs, clothing and education legal, religious and governmental practices multiculturalism, minorities and civil rights An A-Z of Modern America offers accessible and lively definitions of over 3,000 separate items. The book is cross-referenced and thus provides associated links and cultural connections while the appendices contain essential extra information on American institutions, structures and traditions.
Author : David Beesley
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874176344
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Crow's Range written by David Beesley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Muir called it the "Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I’ve ever seen." The Sierra Nevada—a single unbroken mountain range stretching north to south over four hundred miles, best understood as a single ecosystem but embracing a number of environmental communities—has been the site of human activity for millennia. From the efforts of ancient Native Americans to encourage game animals by burning brush to create meadows to the burgeoning resort and residential development of the present, the Sierra has endured, and often suffered from, the efforts of humans to exploit its bountiful resources for their own benefit. Historian David Beesley examines the history of the Sierra Nevada from earliest times, beginning with a comprehensive discussion of the geologic development of the range and its various ecological communities. Using a wide range of sources, including the records of explorers and early settlers, scientific and government documents, and newspaper reports, Beesley offers a lively and informed account of the history, environmental challenges, and political controversies that lie behind the breathtaking scenery of the Sierra. Among the highlights are discussions of the impact of the Gold Rush and later mining efforts, as well as the supporting industries that mining spawned, including logging, grazing, water-resource development, market hunting, urbanization, and transportation; the politics and emotions surrounding the establishment of Yosemite and other state and national parks; the transformation of the Hetch Hetchy into a reservoir and the desertification of the once-lush Owens Valley; the roles of the Forest Service, Park Service, and other regulatory agencies; the consequences of the fateful commitment to wildfire suppression in Sierran forests; and the ever-growing impact of tourism and recreational use. Through Beesley’s wide-ranging discussion, John Muir’s "divinely beautiful" range is revealed in all its natural and economic complexity, a place that at the beginning of the twenty-first century is in grave danger of being loved to death. Available in hardcover and paperback.
Author : Ellen Spears
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136175296
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945 written by Ellen Spears and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945 turns a fresh interpretive lens on the past, drawing on a wide range of new histories of environmental activism to analyze the actions of those who created the movement and those who tried to thwart them. Concentrating on the decades since World War II, environmental historian Ellen Griffith Spears explores environmentalism as a "field of movements" rooted in broader social justice activism. Noting major legislative accomplishments, strengths, and contributions, as well as the divisions within the ranks, the book reveals how new scientific developments, the nuclear threat, and pollution, as well as changes in urban living spurred activism among diverse populations. The book outlines the key precursors, events, participants, and strategies of the environmental movement, and contextualizes the story in the dramatic trajectory of U.S. history after World War II. The result is a synthesis of American environmental politics that one reader called both "ambitious in its scope and concise in its presentation." This book provides a succinct overview of the American environmental movement and is the perfect introduction for students or scholars seeking to understand one of the largest social movements of the twentieth century up through the robust climate movement of today.
Author : Gary L. Anderson
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452265658
Total Pages : 1833 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice written by Gary L. Anderson and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2007-04-13 with total page 1833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important historical period in which to develop communication models aimed at creating opportunities for citizens to find a voice for new experiences and social concerns. Such basic social problems as inequality, poverty, and discrimination pose a constant challenge to policies that serve the health and income needs of children, families, people with disabilities, and the elderly. Important changes both in individual values and civic life are occurring in the United States and in many other nations. Recent trends such as the globalization of commerce and consumer values, the speed and personalization of communication technologies, and an economic realignment of industrial and information-based economies are often regarded as negative. Yet there are many signs - from the WTO experience in Seattle to the rise of global activism aimed at making biotechnology accountable - that new forms of citizenship, politics, and public engagement are emerging. The Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice presents a comprehensive overview of the field with topics of varying dimensions, breadth, and length. This three-volume Encyclopedia is designed for readers to understand the topics, concepts, and ideas that motivate and shape the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice and includes biographies of the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced and continue to influence the study of activism. Key Features Offers multidisciplinary perspectives with contributions from the fields of education, communication studies, political science, leadership studies, social work, social welfare, environmental studies, health care, social psychology, and sociology Provides an easily recognizable approach to topics, ideas, persons, and concepts based on alphabetical and biographical listings in civil engagement, social justice, and activism Addresses both small-scale social justice concepts and more large-scale issues Includes biography pieces indicating the concepts, ideas, or legacies of individuals and groups who have influenced current practice and thinking such as John Stuart Mill, Rachel Carson, Mother Jones, Martin Luther King, Jr., Karl Marx, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton
Author : Brendan Coolsaet
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429639163
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Environmental Justice written by Brendan Coolsaet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Justice: Key Issues is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive and accessible overview of environmental justice, one of the most dynamic fields in environmental politics scholarship. The rapidly growing body of research in this area has brought about a proliferation of approaches; as such, the breadth and depth of the field can sometimes be a barrier for aspiring environmental justice students and scholars. This book therefore is unique for its accessible style and innovative approach to exploring environmental justice. Written by leading international experts from a variety of professional, geographic, ethnic, and disciplinary backgrounds, its chapters combine authoritative commentary with real-life cases. Organised into four parts—approaches, issues, actors and future directions—the chapters help the reader to understand the foundations of the field, including the principal concepts, debates, and historical milestones. This volume also features sections with learning outcomes, follow-up questions, references for further reading and vivid photographs to make it a useful teaching and learning tool. Environmental Justice: Key Issues is the ideal toolkit for junior researchers, graduate students, upper-level undergraduates, and anyone in need of a comprehensive introductory textbook on environmental justice.
Author : Harvey Martin Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Anti-environmental 'wise Use' Movement in America written by Harvey Martin Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin M. Kruse
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039363454X
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 written by Kevin M. Kruse and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A gripping and troubling account of the origins of our turbulent times.” —Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States When—and how—did America become so polarized? In this masterful history, leading historians Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment. It all starts in 1974 with the Watergate crisis, the OPEC oil embargo, desegregation busing riots in Boston, and the wind-down of the Vietnam War. What follows is the story of our own lifetimes. It is the story of ever-widening historical fault lines over economic inequality, race, gender, and sexual norms firing up a polarized political landscape. It is also the story of profound transformations of the media and our political system fueling the fire. Kruse and Zelizer’s Fault Lines is a master class in national divisions nearly five decades in the making.
Author : Samantha Montano
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488077517
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Disasterology written by Samantha Montano and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisis—one unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our future. With temperatures rising and the risk of disasters growing, our world is increasingly vulnerable. Most people see disasters as freak, natural events that are unpredictable and unpreventable. But that simply isn’t the case – disasters are avoidable, but when they do strike, there are strategic ways to manage the fallout. In Disasterology, Dr. Montano, a disaster researcher, brings readers with her on an eye-opening journey through some of our worst disasters, helping readers make sense of what really happened from a emergency management perspective. She explains why we aren’t doing enough to prevent or prepare for disasters, the critical role of media, and how our approach to recovery was not designed to serve marginalized communities. Now that climate change is contributing to the disruption of ecosystems and worsening disasters, Dr. Montano offers a preview of what will happen to our communities if we don’t take aggressive, immediate action. In a section devoted to the COVID-19 pandemic, what is thus far our generation’s most deadly disaster, she casts light on the many decisions made behind closed doors that failed to protect the public. A deeply moving and timely narrative that draws on Dr. Montano's first-hand experience in emergency management, Disasterology is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how our country handles disasters, and how we can better face them together.
Author : Mark Collins Jenkins
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426213883
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book National Geographic written by Mark Collins Jenkins and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases over six hundred of the iconic magazine's covers from 1960 to the present, in a collection that includes insights from editors and photographers that reveal how the images are shot and selected.
Author : Julie Kerr
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498774407
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Energy and Climate written by Julie Kerr and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this textbook is to provide a well-rounded working knowledge of both climate change and environmental sustainability for a wide range of students. Students will learn core concepts and methods to analyze energy and environmental impacts; will understand what is changing the earth’s climate, and what that means for life on earth now and in the future. They will also have a firm understanding of what energy is and how it can be used. This text intends to develop working knowledge of these topics, with both technical and social implications. Students will find in one volume the integration and careful treatment of climate, energy, and sustainability.
Author : Betsy Hartmann
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609807413
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The America Syndrome written by Betsy Hartmann and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has apocalyptic thinking contributed to some of our nation's biggest problems—inequality, permanent war, and the despoiling of our natural resources? From the Puritans to the present, historian and public policy advocate Betsy Hartmann sheds light on a pervasive but—until now—invisible theme shaping the American mindset: apocalyptic thinking, or the belief that the end of the world is nigh. Hartmann makes a compelling case that apocalyptic fears are deeply intertwined with the American ethos, to our detriment. In The America Syndrome, she seeks to reclaim human agency and, in so doing, revise the national narrative. By changing the way we think, we just might change the world.
Author : Michael H. Hunt
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807883417
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The American Ascendancy written by Michael H. Hunt and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple question lurks amid the considerable controversy created by recent U.S. policy: what road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Michael Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the country's problematic place in the world today. Hunt charts America's rise to global power from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a culminating multilayered dominance achieved in the mid-twentieth century that has led to unanticipated constraints and perplexities over the last several decades. Themes that figure prominently in his account include the rise of the American state and a nationalist ideology and the domestic effects and international spread of consumer society. He examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. Hunt concludes by addressing current issues, such as how durable American power really is and what options remain for America's future. His provocative exploration will engage anyone concerned about the fate of our republic.
Author : Gene Gibbons
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664148264
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Breaking News Six Presidents -- the Queen -- a Pope written by Gene Gibbons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BREAKING NEWS provides a page-turning look at modern American history through the eyes of a news reporter who covered many of the major developments of our time. The memoir of a longtime Reuters White House Correspondent, this book is loaded with stories about presidents and other U.S. political figures, the Queen of England and a sainted Pope. It also includes the author’s reflections on events and ideas that have shaped his life and the world we live in. Whether you’re someone who can’t get enough of the daily news or an occasional observer of the headlines, you’ll enjoy reading this book – and equally important, you’ll remember it.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Montana Wilderness written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Liz Sonneborn
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438106327
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The Environmental Movement written by Liz Sonneborn and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to the movement, which arose in the United States in the late 1800s in response to the nation's dwindling forests and the pollution caused by a greater number of factories. This useful book also details how environmentalism has become a global effort, led by organizations such as Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund.
