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Overview"Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945 turns a fresh interpretive lens on the past, drawing on a wide range of new histories of environmental activism to analyze the actions of those who created the movement and those who tried to thwart them. Concentrating on the decades since World War II, environmental historian Ellen Griffith Spears explores environmentalism as a ""field of movements"" rooted in broader social justice activism. Noting major legislative accomplishments, strengths, and contributions, as well as the divisions within the ranks, the book reveals how new scientific developments, the nuclear threat, and pollution, as well as changes in urban living spurred activism among diverse populations. The book outlines the key precursors, events, participants, and strategies of the environmental movement, and contextualizes the story in the dramatic trajectory of U.S. history after World War II. The result is a synthesis of American environmental politics that one reader called both ""ambitious in its scope and concise in its presentation."" This book provides a succinct overview of the American environmental movement and is the perfect introduction for students or scholars seeking to understand one of the largest social movements of the twentieth century up through the robust climate movement of today." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ellen SpearsPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9780415529570ISBN 10: 0415529573 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 15 July 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education 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 ContentsTable of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: A Field of Movements Chapter 1: Antecedents: A Wide Arc (prior to1945) Chapter 2: The Great Acceleration and the Rise of Environmentalism (1945-1964) Chapter 3: Expanding the Field of Movements: From the Wilderness Act to Superfund (1964-1980) Chapter 4: Conservative Countermovement and the Rise of Environmental Justice (1980-1990) Chapter 5: Globalizing Environmentalism (1990-2001) Chapter 6: Intersectional Activism and Climate Justice (2001-2018) Chapter 7: Hope in a Strange Season Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationEllen Griffith Spears is an associate professor in the interdisciplinary New College and the Department of American Studies at the University of Alabama. She is author of the award-winning Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an All-American Town (2014). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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