Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 453 g
Reihe: Short Histories of Big Ideas
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 453 g
Reihe: Short Histories of Big Ideas
ISBN: 978-1-138-16081-1
Verlag: CRC Press
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.
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Introduction. 1. Domesticating the Wild. 2. Industrialization and Nature Loving. 3. The Friendly Wild of Post-War Affluence. 4. Nature and Counterculture. 5. Breakthrough. 6. Radical Departures. 7. Thwarted and Splintered. 8. Extreme Nature Loving