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Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel
Alon Tal
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Description for Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel
Paperback. Provides a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their mission to keep the country's remarkable development sustainable amid a century of political and cultural turmoil. Num Pages: 564 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 508.
Virtually undeveloped one hundred years ago, Israel, the promised 'land of milk and honey,' is in ecological disarray. In this gripping book, Alon Tal provides - for the first time ever - a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their mission to keep the country's remarkable development sustainable amid a century of political and cultural turmoil. The modern Zionist vision began as a quest to redeem a land that bore the cumulative effects of two thousand years of foreign domination and neglect. Since then, Israel has suffered from its success. A ... Read more
Virtually undeveloped one hundred years ago, Israel, the promised 'land of milk and honey,' is in ecological disarray. In this gripping book, Alon Tal provides - for the first time ever - a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their mission to keep the country's remarkable development sustainable amid a century of political and cultural turmoil. The modern Zionist vision began as a quest to redeem a land that bore the cumulative effects of two thousand years of foreign domination and neglect. Since then, Israel has suffered from its success. A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
Number of Pages
564
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520234284
SKU
V9780520234284
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About Alon Tal
Alon Tal is founder of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and chairman of Life and Environment, an umbrella group for Israel's eighty environmental organizations. He has a law degree from Hebrew University and a doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Reviews for Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel
"This book is likely to become THE future point of reference for scholarship on environmental issues in Israel. Tal combines his extensive inside knowledge with broad and thorough research to take the reader clearly through a complex fabric of personalities, organizations, and issues." - Stuart Schoenfeld, York University