This land is our land : the struggle for a new commonwealth / Jedediah Purdy, With a new preface by th.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purdy, Jedediah, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

From one of our finest writers and leading environmental thinkers, a powerful book about how the land we share divides us—and how it could unite usToday, we are at a turning point as we face ecological and political crises that are rooted in conflicts over the land itself. But these problems can be solved if we draw on elements of our tradition that move us toward a new commonwealth—a community founded on the well-being of all people and the natural world. In this brief, powerful, timely, and hopeful book, Jedediah Purdy explores how we might begin to heal our fractured and contentious relationship with the land and with each other.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface to the Paperback. On Contagion and Commonwealth

Preface to the First Edition. Homeland: The Search for a New Commonwealth

Acknowledgments

1. This Land Is Our Land

2. Reckonings

3. Losing a Country

4. The World We Have Built

5. The Long Environmental Justice Movement

Forward: The Value of Life

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691216805

0691216800

OCLC:

1241449069