Environmentalism

Text is clean. Cover shows almost no wear, other than light sunfading to spine and small grease stain to edge of rear cover. ; 5.08 X 0.53 X 7.79 inches; 232 pages

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Environmental movements have produced some impressive results, including cleaner air and the preservation of selected species and places. But movements that challenged western prosperity and comfort seldom made much progress, and many radical environmentalists have been unabashed utopianists.

In this short guide, Peterson del Mar untangles this paradox by showing how prosperity is essential to environmentalism. Industrialisation made conservation sensible, but also drove people to look for meaning in nature even as they consumed its products more relentlessly. Hence Englandled the way in both manufacturing and preserving its countryside, and the United Statescreated a matchless set of national parks as it became the world's pre-eminent economic and military power. Environmentalismconsiders both the conservation and preservation movements and less organized forms of nature loving (from seaside vacations to ecotourism) to argue that these activities have commonly distracted us from the hard work of creating a sustainable and sensible relationship with the environment.

Product Info

ISBN: 0582772974

ISBN-13: 9780582772977

Publisher: Pearson Longman

Year: 2006

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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