The Palgrave Environmental Reader
Published on 1. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 287 pages
978-1-4039-6594-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Palgrave Environmental Reader
explores America's evolving fascination with nature and environmental concerns. From the New England Transcendentalists to the UN convention on climate change, this book includes works by Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson, and others. Consisting of thirty-five important pieces covering a variety of issues, this reader distinguishes itself from other writing on the subject by presenting more extensive excerpts and by emphasizing themes such as environmental activism, racism, and law.
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Edition
2090 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XIII, 287 p.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-6594-3 (9781403965943)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-73299-9
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Richard Newman | Daniel Payne
The Palgrave Environmental Reader
Book
01/2005
Palgrave MacMillan
€117.69
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Persons
Daniel G. Payne is Assistant Professor of English, SUNY-Oneonta, and is the author of "Voices in the Wilderness: American Nature Writing and Environmental Politics. "He is the director of the John Burroughs NatureWriting Conference at Oneonta.
Richard S. Newman is Assistant Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of "The Transformation of American Abolitionism: Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic" and co-editor of "Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African American Protest Literature, 1790-1860.
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Richard S. Newman is Assistant Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of "The Transformation of American Abolitionism: Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic" and co-editor of "Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African American Protest Literature, 1790-1860.
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