A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations Contributor(s): Rodes, Barbara K. (Compiled by), Odell, Rice (Compiled by) |
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ISBN: 0801857384 ISBN-13: 9780801857386 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: Here are more than 3,700 quotations in 143 categories--from Acid Rain to Zoos--that provide a comprehensive collection of wise and witty observations about our natural environment. Quotations have been drawn from a variety of documented sources, including poems, proverbs, slogans, radio and television, Congressional hearings, magazines, and newspapers. A sweeping look at the history of environmentalism. (Environmental Studies) |
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BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Reference | Quotations - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
Dewey: 333.7 |
LCCN: 97017903 |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.93" W x 8.89" (1.11 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Holiday - Earth Day - Topical - Ecology |
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Publisher Description: "Three months of camp life on Lake Tahoe would restore an Egyptian mummy to his pristine vigor, and give him an appetite like an alligator. I do not mean the oldest and driest mummies, of course, but the fresher ones. The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe."--Mark Twain, Roughing It Here are more than 3,700 quotations in 143 categories--from Acid Rain to Zoos--that provide a comprehensive collection of the wise and witty observations about our natural environment. The Dictionary of Environmental Quotations will delight, provoke, and inform readers. It is at once stimulating, entertaining, and enlightening, with quotations that provide a complete range of human thought about nature and the environment. Quotations have been drawn from a variety of documented sources, including poems, proverbs, slogans, radio, and television, congressional hearings, magazines, and newspapers. The authors of the quotes range from a philosopher in pre-Christian times to a contemporary economist, from a poet who speaks of forests to an engineer concerned with air pollutants. Organized into 143 topic areas such as Air, Conservation, Forests, Greenhouse Effect, History, Nuclear Energy, Water, Wildlife, and other subjects. The Dictionary of Environmental Quotations presents a sweeping look at the history of environmentalism as well as the issues and topics that are debated today. It includes two indexes, one by subject and one by author. |