| Modern Environmentalism: An Introduction Contributor(s): Pepper, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415057442 ISBN-13: 9780415057448 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Social Science | Human Geography - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.72 |
| LCCN: 95022324 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.70 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examining key environmental ideas within their social and historical context, "Modern Environmentalism" outlines contemporary environmentalist approaches to valuing nature, economics, third world development, technology, ecofeminism and social change. Premodern ideas about nature and humankind's relationship to are explored through the writings of Malthus, Darwin, and other eminent thinkers. Science is placed at the heart of the society-nature debate, as author David Pepper explains how scientific "truths" about nature have been divorced from their social and ideological context. "Modern Environmentalism" offers a greater understanding of the different approaches to establishing the desired state of ecology. |
