The Roots of Environmental Consciousness: Popular Tradition and Personal ExperienceThis book examines the roots of contemporary environmental consciousness and action in terms of both popular experience and tradition. A wide range of geographical and thematic case-studies explore the myth, tradition and collective memory that shape our environmental thought. Containing a wealth of empirical source material, this book will be invaluable for sociologists and historians alike. |
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Contents
THE ENGLISH THE TREES THE WILD AND THE GREEN | |
ANIMALS CHILDREN AND PEASANTS IN TUSCANY | |
NARRATING NATURE | |
WHEN THE WATER COMES | |
OUR LAND IS OUR ONLY WEALTH | |
USING COMMUNITY MEMORY AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT | |
SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME | |
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| Title | The Roots of Environmental Consciousness: Popular Tradition and Personal Experience Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative |
| Editors | Stephen Hussey, Paul Thompson |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1134546807, 9781134546800 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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