Forcing the Spring: The Transformation Of The American Environmental Movement

摘要: "Forcing the Spring" challenges standard histories of environmental movement by offering a broad and inclusive interpretation past environmentalist thought sweeping redefinition nature contemporary movement. Robert Gottlieb demonstrates centrality concerns to wide range social movements century as he explores connections between pressures on human natural environments role these in shaping society. His analysis provides fundamental new insights into future American placing it within larger context history.After considering historical roots environmentalism from 1890s through 1960s, discusses rise consolidation groups years Earth Day 1970 1990. He examines increasing professionalization major organizations parallel community-based over decade, ends with an in-depth consideration ethnicity, gender, class formation definition movements.