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Environmental Activists
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John Mongillo, Bibi Booth
Book Code: GR0884
ISBN: 0-313-30884-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30884-0
368 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2001
List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...it offers a broad look at 20th-century environmental activism, and some information on the younger activists is new. General readers; undergraduates.
    —Choice     December 2001
  • Although it is easy to find information on Edward Abbey and Rachel Carson, this volume is valuable for its inclusion of individuals who are less well known. The message to the reader is that these were ordinary people who cared enough about some environmental issue or some place to dedicate themselves to publicizing or preserving it. This book will be useful for the general reader as well as middle- and high-school students who need information for reports.
    —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin     February 2002
  • This reference work is a solid addition to the literature on environmentalism....it contains a wealth of information and will be a valuable addition to senior high school and public library reference shelves.
    —VOYA     December 2001
  • ...a good addition to any environmental collection. A well-done and highly recommended reference tool.
    —E-STREAMS
Description: The debates that surround our environment and conservation efforts are often complex and compelling. Student researchers can use this reference source to explore the many issues surrounding environmental matters through the lives of people who have become actively involved in supporting efforts to preserve our environment. This unique approach to the topic provides profiles of these individuals, highlighting the different reasons for each one's deep involvement in environmental concerns and the different elements involved in the environmental debate as a whole. Writers, teachers, scientists, and even teenage students are among those who put a human face to the complicated issues surrounding our environment and the needs to preserve it. Readers can expect to experience a range of emotions, and to question their own views, as they explore the complex issues of individual and business rights, the role of government in keeping our environment clean and safe, and public health questions from a variety of perspectives. A time line of important events concerning the environment and references to additional sources are additional tools this volume provides to help students understand the complexity of the arguments that surround the topic of our environment.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Edward Abbey
  • Ansel Easton Adams
  • Gloria Elaine "Glo" Hollister Anable
  • John James Audubon
  • Hugh Hammond Bennett
  • Peter Berg and Judy Goldhaft
  • Murray Bookchin
  • Lee Botts
  • David Brower
  • Lester R. Brown
  • Robert D. Bullard
  • Archibald Fairly Carr
  • Rachel L. Carson
  • George Catlin
  • Barry Commoner
  • Max Cordova
  • Jay Norwood Darling
  • Will Dilg
  • Marjory Stoneman Douglas
  • Nevada Dove
  • Mark Dubois
  • Sylvia Earle
  • Rosalie Edge
  • Paul Ehrlich and Anne Howland Ehrlich
  • Dave Foreman
  • Dian Fossey
  • David Gaines
  • Lois Gibbs
  • Chellis Glendinning
  • Charles R. Goldman
  • George Bird Grinnell
  • Juana Beatriz Gutiérrez
  • David Haenke
  • Garrett Hardin
  • Paul Hawken
  • Denis Hayes
  • Randy Hayes
  • Hazel Henderson
  • Huey D. Johnson
  • Danny Kennedy
  • Helen Kim
  • Winona LaDuke
  • Aldo Leopold
  • Robert MacArthur
  • Robert Marshall
  • Ynes Mexia
  • Stephanie Mills
  • Richard Moore
  • John Muir
  • Margaret and Olaus Murie
  • Ralph Nader
  • William Albert Niering
  • Eugene Odum
  • Frederick Olmstead
  • Sigurd Olson
  • Margaret Wentworth Owings
  • Ruth Patrick
  • Maria Perez
  • Roger Tory Peterson
  • Gifford Pinchet
  • Ocean Robbins
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Kirkpatrick Sale
  • George Schaller
  • Peggy Shepard
  • Karen Silkwood
  • Cathrine Sneed
  • Wallace Earle Stegner
  • Edwin Way Teale
  • Maria Telkes
  • Henry David Thoreau
  • John Todd and Nancy Jack Todd
  • Fabiola Tostado
  • Phil Williams
  • Edward O. Wilson
  • Susan Witt
  • Hazel Wolfe
  • Joan Luedders Wolfe
  • Howie Wolke
  • Howard Zahniser
LC Card Number: 00-034129
LCC Class: GE55
Dewey Class: 363
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