American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (LOA #182)

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (LOA #182) (Library of America)
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As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, provocative, and timely anthology, gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries.

Classics of the environmental imagination?the essays of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs; Aldo Leopold?s A Sand County Almanac; Rachel Carson?s Silent Spring?are set against the inspiring story of an emerging activist movement, as revealed by newly uncovered reports of pioneering campaigns for conservation, passages from landmark legal opinions and legislation, and searing protest speeches. Here are some of America?s greatest and most impassioned writers, taking a turn toward nature and recognizing the fragility of our situation on earth and the urgency of the search for a sustainable way of life. Thought-provoking essays on overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and the nature of ?nature? join ecologists? memoirs and intimate sketches of the habitats of endangered species. The anthology includes a detailed chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, as well as an 80-page color portfolio of illustrations.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2008-04-17
UnitCount 2
EANs 9781598530209

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2008-04-17
UnitCount	2
EANs	9781598530209

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (LOA #182) (Library of America)

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