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David Peterson Del Mar - Environmentalism - 9781408255582 - V9781408255582
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Environmentalism

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Description for Environmentalism Paperback. Provides an introduction to the debates, the movements, and the successes and failures of environmentalism. This book focuses on how western people have expressed affinity for, thought about, and advocated on behalf of the non-human environment. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: RNA; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 368.

Why are our environmental problems still growing despite a huge increase in global conservation efforts? Peterson del Mar untangles this paradox by showing how prosperity is essential to environmentalism. Industrialization drove people to look for meaning in nature even as they consumed its products more relentlessly. Hence England led the way in both manufacturing and preserving its countryside, and the United States created a matchless set of national parks as it became the world's pre-eminent economic and military power.

Environmental movements have produced some impressive results, including cleaner air and the preservation of selected species and places. But agendas that challenged ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Seminar Studies
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408255582
SKU
V9781408255582
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About David Peterson Del Mar
David Peterson del Mar grew up in a very rural area as the son of a commercial fisherman and worked as a labourer for a sawmill. Over the past twelve years he has taught environmental history in Canada and the United States and has published four books on social history, including the award winning What Trouble I Have Seen: A ... Read more

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