American earth : environmental writing since Thoreau

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As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, provocative, and timely anthology, gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries. Classics of the environmental imagination—the essays of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs; Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac ; Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring —are set against the inspiring story of an emerging activist movement, as revealed by newly uncovered reports of pioneering campaigns for conservation, passages from landmark legal opinions and legislation, and searing protest speeches. Here are some of America’s greatest and most impassioned writers, taking a turn toward nature and recognizing the fragility of our situation on earth and the urgency of the search for a sustainable way of life. Thought-provoking essays on overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and the nature of “nature” join ecologists’ memoirs and intimate sketches of the habitats of endangered species. The anthology includes a detailed chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, as well as an 80-page color portfolio of illustrations. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Other Authors

Bill McKibben, 1960-

Document Type

Books

Physical Description

xxxi, 1047 s., [80] s. příl. : il. (některé barev.), portréty, faksim. ; 21 cm

Published

New York, N.Y. : Library of America, c2008

Edition

2nd print.

Series

Library of America (Library of America)

Subjects

environmentalismus

ekokritika

ochrana přírody

environmentální výchova a vzdělávání

antologie

Item Description

Chronologický přehled

Bibliography

Obsahuje bibliografii a rejstřík

ISBN

978-1-59853-020-9