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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hussey, Stephen, 1967-

Thompson, Paul, 1935-

Series:

Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; 6.

Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-31805-8

0-203-47111-3

9780203471111

OCLC:

437074698