Environmentalism for a new millennium : the challenge of coevolution / by Leslie Paul Thiele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiele, Leslie Paul, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--United States.

Environmentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 302 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting a history and dispassionate evaluation of American environmentalism, this volume touches on issues in philosophy, political science, and sociology, and can serve as a general introduction to the field or as a textbook for courses in environmental ethics, environmental politics or American social history.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 From Conservation to Coevolution; 2 The Challenge of Coevolution: Interdependence and Sustainable Development; 3 The Quest for Environmental Sustainability: Generational Interdependence across Time; 4 The Quest for Environmental justice: Social Interdependence across Space; 5 The Quest for Environmental Integrity: Ecological Interdependence across Species; 6 Environmentalism for a New Millennium; Appendix: Notes on the Methodology and Interviews; Foundings of Environmental Organizations 1860-1990; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770088-8

1-280-53010-3

0-19-535245-9

1-4294-0464-7

OCLC:

252599660