The Palgrave Environmental Reader

Richard Newman, Daniel Payne, Daniel G Payne

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Palgrave
01 January 2006

Social & cultural history; Mathematics & Sciences; The environment; Environmental science, engineering & technology

The Palgrave Environmental Reader explores America's evolving fascination with nature and environmental concerns. From the New England Transcendentalists to the UN convention on climate change, this book includes works by Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson, and others. Consisting of thirty-five important pieces covering a variety of issues, this reader distinguishes itself from other writing on the subject by presenting more extensive excerpts and by emphasizing themes such as environmental activism, racism, and law.

By: Richard Newman, Daniel Payne
Edited by: Daniel G Payne
Imprint: Palgrave
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9781403965943
ISBN 10: 1403965943
Publication Date: 01 January 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Palgrave Environmental Reader

The Palgrave Environmental Reader gives a vital historical perspective to issues of environmental politics and justice. The anthology does not simply sample the usual literary naturalists; rather, editors Daniel Payne and Richard Newman have selected documents across a wide spectrum of American public discourse, from William Penn to Winona LaDuke, from George Perkins Marsh to E. O. Wilson, from the Forever Wild provision of the New York state constitution to Luella Kenny's Statement to the Annual Meeting of Occidental Petroleum Shareholders. For a truly original, interdisciplinary anthology of critical texts, teachers of environmental studies should look first at The Palgrave Environmental Reader . --James Perrin Warren, author of John Burroughs and the Place of Nature <br> <br> Daniel Payne and Richard Newman have assembled a generic diversity of environmental writing unmatched in any other collection I've encountered. As well as basic texts like Garret Hardin's Tragedy of