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Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism (CultureAmerica)
Andrew G. Kirk
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Description for Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism (CultureAmerica)
Hardcover. "The Whole Earth Catalog" grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon. In recovering the history of the Catalog's brand of environmentalism, this book recounts how San Francisco's Stewart Brand and his counterculture cohorts in the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
For those who eagerly awaited its periodic appearance, it was more than a publication: it was a way of life. The Whole Earth Catalog billed itself as Access to Tools, and it grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon catering to hippies, do-it-yourselfers, and anyone interested in self-sufficiency independent of mainstream America. In recovering the history of the Catalog's unique brand of environmentalism, Andrew Kirk recounts how San Francisco's Stewart Brand and his counterculture cohorts in the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism that celebrated technological achievement, ... Read more
For those who eagerly awaited its periodic appearance, it was more than a publication: it was a way of life. The Whole Earth Catalog billed itself as Access to Tools, and it grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon catering to hippies, do-it-yourselfers, and anyone interested in self-sufficiency independent of mainstream America. In recovering the history of the Catalog's unique brand of environmentalism, Andrew Kirk recounts how San Francisco's Stewart Brand and his counterculture cohorts in the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism that celebrated technological achievement, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
CultureAmerica
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615452
SKU
V9780700615452
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Ref
99-20
About Andrew G. Kirk
Andrew Kirk is an associate professor and director of the Public History Program at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and author of Collecting Nature: The American Environmental Movement and the Conservation Library.
Reviews for Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism (CultureAmerica)
Vividly written and deeply researched, Counterculture Green tells a big story about how a group of technophile hippies invented human-scale ecological living and helped to change the world. David Farber, author of The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s This is the story of America's other environmental movement, one that promoted safe and small technologies, that ... Read more