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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew RowellPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.793kg ISBN: 9780415128278ISBN 10: 0415128277 Pages: 502 Publication Date: 26 September 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Roll Back the Millennium: America leads the way; 2: Culture Wars and Conspiracy Tales; 3: The Death of Democracy; 4: Get On the Global Green; 5: The Paradigm Shift; 6: The Price of Silence: Surveillance, suppression, SLAPPs and violence; 7: To Cut or Not to Clear-Cut: A question of trees, truth and treason?; 8: The Fight for the Forests of Central and Latin America; 9: Dirty Tricks Down Under; 10: South Asia and the Pacific: Where dissent can mean detention or death; 11: ‘A Shell-Shocked Land’; 12: The Road to Nowhere; 13: A Fishy Tale to Finish; 14: Conclusion: Beating the backlash; 15: NotesReviewsOverall, Green Backlash is a highly readable, disturbing account of the growing anti-environmental (ist) movement. The book reveals the harsher realities of environmental life at the tail end of the 20th century. <br>- CNS, March, 1997 <br>... it is well-written, draws upon varied facets of the world environmental opposition, and provides a wake-up-call for those who are not well aware of global environmental affairs. <br>- Environmental History <br>... [the] environmental agenda is clear throughout. <br>- Skeptic <br>... disturbing ... In Green Backlash--which I heartily recommend to anyone concerned about the environment--Rowell concludes that the environmental movement must start to put forward positive solutions, not just call attention to problems. <br>-Alain Dessaint, Healthy and Natural Journal <br> Overall, Green Backlash is a highly readable, disturbing account of the growing anti-environmental (ist) movement. The book reveals the harsher realities of environmental life at the tail end of the 20th century. - CNS, March, 1997 ... it is well-written, draws upon varied facets of the world environmental opposition, and provides a wake-up-call for those who are not well aware of global environmental affairs. - Environmental History ... [the] environmental agenda is clear throughout. - Skeptic ... disturbing ... In Green Backlash--which I heartily recommend to anyone concerned about the environment--Rowell concludes that the environmental movement must start to put forward positive solutions, not just call attention to problems. -Alain Dessaint, Healthy and Natural Journal Overall, Green Backlash is a highly readable, disturbing account of the growing anti-environmental (ist) movement. The book reveals the harsher realities of environmental life at the tail end of the 20th century. - CNS, March, 1997 ... it is well-written, draws upon varied facets of the world environmental opposition, and provides a wake-up-call for those who are not well aware of global environmental affairs. - Environmental History ... [the] environmental agenda is clear throughout. - Skeptic ... disturbing ... In Green Backlash--which I heartily recommend to anyone concerned about the environment--Rowell concludes that the environmental movement must start to put forward positive solutions, not just call attention to problems. -Alain Dessaint, Healthy and Natural Journal Author InformationAndrew Rowell is a Freelance Environmental Consultant who has researched and written extensively about contemporary environmental issues with Greenpeace and other organisations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |