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Environmental blockades : obstructive direct action and the history of the environmental movement / Iain McIntyre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McIntyre, Iain, 1970- author.
- Series:
- Transforming environmental politics and policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmentalism--History.
- Environmentalism.
- History.
- Environmental degradation--Prevention.
- Environmental degradation.
- Direct action.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Iain McIntyre is a researcher, writer, lecturer, and community radio broadcaster based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of a number of books on history, social movements, and popular culture. He is a regular contributor to commonslibrary.org, a web repository which collects and distributes the key lessons of progressive movements across Australia and around the globe.
- Contents:
- "The forest in question was regarded as territory" : the Terania Creek campaign and the creation of the environmental blockading template
- "An attitude, a way of life, a state of heart" : organisational and tactical development within Australian environmental blockades, 1980-1984
- "The first volley in the nonviolent wilderness war" : environmental blockading spreads to the US, 1983-1986
- "We shut 'em down" : environmental blockading in the US extends and entrenches, 1987-1990
- "You're welcome to visit our park, but leave your saws in the boat" : Canadian First Nations and conservationist activism, 1983-1984
- "Someone had to stand up to them" : Canadian expansion, differentiation, and entrenchment, 1986-1989
- "We refuse to bequeath a dying planet to future generations by failing to act now" : developments in environmental blockading and ODA since 1990.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 05, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: McIntyre, Iain, 1970- Environmental blockades.
- ISBN:
- 9781003037781
- 100303778X
- 9781000395839
- 1000395839
- 9781000395884
- 100039588X
- Publisher Number:
- 99989757696
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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