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This is Our Land
Cody Ferguson
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Description for This is Our Land
Paperback. In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the environmental movement experienced a quiet revolution. This is Our Land documents this little-noted change as he describes the efforts of three representative grassroots groups - in Montana, Arizona, and Tennessee - revealing how quite ordinary citizens fought to solve environmental problems. Series: Nature, Society, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; RNA; RNB; RNT; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the environmental movement experienced a quiet revolution. In This is Our Land, Cody Ferguson documents this little-noted change as he describes the efforts of three representative grassroots groups—in Montana, Arizona, and Tennessee—revealing how quite ordinary citizens fought to solve environmental problems. Here are stories of common people who, confronting environmental threats to the health and safety of their families and communities, bonded together to protect their interests. These stories include successes and failures as citizens learned how to participate in their democracy and redefined what participation meant. Equally important, Ferguson describes how ... Read more
In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the environmental movement experienced a quiet revolution. In This is Our Land, Cody Ferguson documents this little-noted change as he describes the efforts of three representative grassroots groups—in Montana, Arizona, and Tennessee—revealing how quite ordinary citizens fought to solve environmental problems. Here are stories of common people who, confronting environmental threats to the health and safety of their families and communities, bonded together to protect their interests. These stories include successes and failures as citizens learned how to participate in their democracy and redefined what participation meant. Equally important, Ferguson describes how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Nature, Society, and Culture
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813565620
SKU
V9780813565620
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99-15
About Cody Ferguson
CODY FERGUSON is an assistant professor of history at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.
Reviews for This is Our Land
"An excellent resource for students learning about the development of environmental activism … Highly recommended."
CHOICE
"The book is well organized … its size and scope make it a useful text, particularly for environmental studies and political science courses … Ferguson's writing enlivens the book, even while delving into technical issues."
The Journal of American History
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CHOICE
"The book is well organized … its size and scope make it a useful text, particularly for environmental studies and political science courses … Ferguson's writing enlivens the book, even while delving into technical issues."
The Journal of American History
... Read more