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The age of ecology : a global history / Joachim Radkau ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

By: Radkau, Joachim, 1943- [author.].
Contributor(s): Camiller, Patrick [translator.].
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, Massachusetts, USA : Polity Press , ©2014Description: xiii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0745662161 (cloth); 9780745662169 (cloth).Subject(s): Environmentalism -- History | Ecology -- HistoryDDC classification: 333.7/R11 Other classification: CAS
Contents:
Environmentalism before the environmental movement -- The great chain reaction: the "ecological revolution" in and around 1970 -- Networked thinking and practical priorities: an endless interplay -- Charismatics and ecocrats -- A friend-enemy or win-win scenario? -- Ecology and the historic turn of 1990: from social justice to climate justice?
Summary: "This book is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today."--book jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmentalism before the environmental movement -- The great chain reaction: the "ecological revolution" in and around 1970 -- Networked thinking and practical priorities: an endless interplay -- Charismatics and ecocrats -- A friend-enemy or win-win scenario? -- Ecology and the historic turn of 1990: from social justice to climate justice?

"This book is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today."--book jacket.

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