Book ID: CBB000950112

Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850--1950 (2006)

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Summers, Gregory (Author)


University Press of Kansas


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xii + 256 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Traces the roots of environmentalism to consumerist society.


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Review Greenberg, Joel (2008) Review of "Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850--1950". Environmental History (p. 580). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
John H. Kopmeier
Steingraber, Sandra
Thomson, Jennifer Christine
Veenis, Milena
van der Windt, Henny J.
Stradling, Richard
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Environmental pollution
Environmentalism
Environmental sciences
Industry
Consumers and consumerism
Environmental protection
People
Carson, Rachel Louise
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
United States
Netherlands
France
Ohio (U.S.)
Oregon (U.S.)
Wisconsin (U.S.)
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