A History of Environmentalism: Local Struggles, Global Histories by Dr Marco Arm

Description: A History of Environmentalism by Dr Marco Armiero, Professor Lise Sedrez Think globally, act locally has become a call to environmentalist mobilization, proposing a closer connection between global concerns, local issues and individual responsibility. A History of Environmentalism explores this dialectic relationship, with ten contributors from a range of disciplines providing a history of environmentalism which frames global themes and narrates local stories.Each of the chapters in this volume addresses specific struggles in the history of environmental movements, for example over national parks, species protection, forests, waste, contamination, nuclear energy and expropriation. A diverse range of environments and environmental actors are covered, including the communities in the Amazonian Forest, the antelope in Tibet, atomic power plants in Europe and oil and politics in the Niger Delta. The chapters demonstrate how these conflicts make visible the intricate connections between local and global, the body and the environment, and power and nature. A History of Environmentalism tells us much about transformations of cultural perceptions and ways of production and consuming, as well as ecological and social changes.More than offering an exhaustive picture of the entire environmentalist movement, A History of Environmentalism highlights the importance of the experience of environmentalism within local communities. It offers a worldwide and polyphonic perspective, making it key reading for students and scholars of global and environmental history and political ecology. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Marco Armiero is Director of the Environmental Humanities Laboratory at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He is the co-editor of Nature and History in Modern Italy (2010), author of A Rugged Nation: Mountains and the Making of Modern Italy (2011) and a senior editor of the journal, Capitalism Nature Socialism.Lise Sedrez is Professor at the Instituto de História, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the co-editor of the book series Latin American Landscapes and the editor of Topoi: Revista de História. Table of Contents 1. Introduction Marco Armiero (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) and Lise Sedrez (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)2. Preservation, parks, and place: Rethinking Americas best idea Jerritt Frank (University of Missouri, USA)3. Biological diversity as a political force in Australia Libby Robin (Australian National University)4. Oil, ethnic minority groups and environmental struggles against multinational oil companies and the federal government in the Nigerian Niger Delta since the 1990s Phia Steyn (University of Stirling, UK)5. Protecting the Tibetan Antelope: A historical narrative and missing storiesMao Da (Beijing Normal University, China) and Mei Xueqin (Tsinghua University, China)6. Blood on the ice: The Greenpeace Campaign against the harp seal slaughter Frank Zelko (University of Vermont, USA)7. The struggle for justice in Bhopal: A new/old breed of transnational social movement Stephen Zavestoski (University of San Francisco, USA)8. Rubber, trees and communities: Rubber tappers in the Brazilian Amazon in the late 20th century Lise Sedrez (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)9. Garbage under the volcano. The waste crisis in Campania and the struggles for environmental justice Marco Armiero (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)10. The great fear: European environmentalism in the atomic age Hein-Anton van der Heijden (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)Index Review A History of Environmentalism is an important and much-need contribution to the field. [The introduction] offers a succinct, compelling, and beautifully written overview of not the environmental movement, as early scholarship in environmental history was so prone to invoke, but the diverse and plural environmental movements that have shaped thought and action across the globe. Dipping into the book, we are treated to a diversity of local stories and struggles… Taken as a whole, they illuminate how important the need is to share stories of environmental and social struggles with each other. * Gregg Mitman, Professor of History of Science, Medical History, and Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, USA *[I]nformative, scholarly, well written and referenced. I couldnt put it down. The perspectives are excitingly innovative, the views are presented through unfamiliar perspectives and there is a wide variety of issues and of geographies. The interaction and interplay between global levels of activism and government, nations and society are interestingly revealed. The editors and authors have adopted a transnational approach and focus, even though chapters are local studies. The simple narratives are made complex – as good histories should – and the stereotypes of victim are deftly unpacked… I cannot think of a more appropriate book to introduce anyone to environmental justice. * Jane Carruthers, Professor Emeritus of History, University of South Africa *This collection of nine case histories, plus the editors introduction, is an international endeavor. Armiero, Sedrez, and contributors from Europe, the US, China, and Australia cover a diverse range of topics. These include rethinking US national parks, saving Australias Little Desert from agricultural development, oil pollution in Nigerias Niger Delta, protecting Tibetan antelope from poachers, Greenpeaces unsuccessful attempt to save seal pups from pelt hunters, and Bhopals struggle for adequate financial compensation after the 1984 pesticide disaster in a Union Carbide plant. … Well-documented chapters, one illustration, two maps. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic and professional library collections. -- F. N. Egerton, University of Wisconsin—Parkside * CHOICE * Promotional This book provides a compelling global history of environmentalism through a series of narratives charting environmental struggles from around the world. Long Description This book brings together a collection of highly-respected contributors to provide a global history of environmentalism...It makes the basic assumption that we can better understand the relationship that exists between man and nature through the close observation of conflicts that have taken place between the two. Using a range of case studies, A History of Environmentalism: Local Struggles, Global Histories weaves together an intricate fabric of environmental struggles throughout history that tells us much about transformations of cultural perceptions and ways of production and consuming, as well as ecological and social changes...Although the narratives included in the book are strongly rooted in specific places, including Brazil, Italy, the USA and Australia, they suggest and reveal things about environmental issues in history on a world scale. This book will enable students to understand the history of environmentalism from a global and local perspective simultaneously. Review Quote "This collection of nine case histories, plus the editors introduction, is an international endeavor. Armiero, Sedrez, and contributors from Europe, the US, China, and Australia cover a diverse range of topics. These include rethinking US national parks, saving Australias Little Desert from agricultural development, oil pollution in Nigerias Niger Delta, protecting Tibetan antelope from poachers, Greenpeaces unsuccessful attempt to save seal pups from pelt hunters, and Bhopals struggle for adequate financial compensation after the 1984 pesticide disaster in a Union Carbide plant. ... Well-documented chapters, one illustration, two maps. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic and professional library collections." --F. N. Egerton, University of Wisconsin--Parkside, CHOICE Promotional "Headline" This book provides a compelling global history of environmentalism through a series of narratives charting environmental struggles from around the world. Feature Includes a highly-respected, international contributor list Details ISBN1441115722 Short Title HIST OF ENVIRONMENTALISM Language English ISBN-10 1441115722 ISBN-13 9781441115720 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Subtitle Local Struggles, Global Histories DOI CBID169243 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Lise Sedrez Pages 240 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA Publication Date 2014-07-31 UK Release Date 2014-07-31 Translated from English NZ Release Date 2014-07-31 US Release Date 2014-07-31 Translator Tom Kuhn Birth 1964 Affiliation St Hughs College, Oxford University, UK Position Author Qualifications R.N., M.S., O.C.N. 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