American Environmentalism: The US Environmental Movement, 1970-1990Riley E. Dunlap, Angela G. Mertig First published in 1992. Hailed as required reading for environmental sociologist and social movements, this book is written as a scholarly work and from a social science perspective; and is an ideal textbook for environmental courses. |
Contents
An Overview | 1 |
Trends Among National Environmental Organizations | 11 |
The Grassroots Environmental Movement | 27 |
Mobilizing the AfricanAmerican Community for Social Change | 39 |
Chapter 5 Deep Ecology and Radical Environmentalism | 51 |
Threshold of a New Phase in International Relations | 63 |
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