The Roots of Environmental Consciousness: Popular Tradition and Personal ExperienceStephen Hussey, Paul Thompson This 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. |
Contents
ANIMALS CHILDREN AND PEASANTS IN TUSCANY | 55 |
NARRATING NATURE | 63 |
WHEN THE WATER COMES | 76 |
OUR LAND IS OUR ONLY WEALTH | 91 |
SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME | 125 |
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN KAZAKSTAN | 139 |
PATHS TO ECOFEMINIST ACTIVISM | 160 |
PATHWAYS TO THE AMAZON | 174 |
REVIEWS | 200 |
Simon Schamas Landscape and Memory | 206 |
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