{"product_id":"the-age-of-ecology-hardback-9780745662169","title":"The Age of Ecology (Hardback) 9780745662169","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Age of Ecology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoachim Radkau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745662169, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e600 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 4.8 cm, 0.998 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Radkau's new book is by far the finest informative read available on the environmental movement in its many diverse varieties from its modern beginnings until now, and the women and men whose passions inspired it. Protests and politics, activism and reaction, love of nature and hatred of pollution – all are shown with a clarity that makes sense to the reader. This is the compelling global story of the most distinctive popular movement of our age, the Age of Ecology.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ. Donald Hughes, University of Denver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"With his customary synoptic vision and idiosyncratic eye for telling detail, Radkau offers a revealing tableau of the multiple histories of modern environmentalism in Europe, in America, and around the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e is the most thought-provoking and wide-ranging book yet on its subject.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ. R. McNeill, Georgetown University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A comprehensive and compelling global history of environmental movements.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An authoritative global history of ecology.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Brilliant - by far the best account of the global environmental movement ... A great achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDeutschlandradio Kultur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the nature cults of the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Radkau shows that this is not a single story of the steady ascent of environmentalism but rather a multiplicity of stories, each with its own dramatic tension: between single-issue movements and the challenges posed by the interconnection of environmental issues, between charismatic leaders and bureaucratic organizations, and between grassroot movements and global players. While the history can be traced back several centuries, environmentalism has flourished since the ‘environmental revolution’ of 1970, spurred on by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 and the growing concern about global warming. While environmentalists often opposed the scientific mainstream, they were also often led by scientific knowledge. Environmentalism is the true Enlightenment of our time Ð so much so that we can call our era ‘the age of ecology’.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This timely and comprehensive global history of environmentalism will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the most pressing global issues of our time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the English Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Green Chameleon 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Environmentalism before the Environmental Movement 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Good Mother Nature and the ‘Appalling Wood Shortage’: The Twin Face of Nature in the Decline of the Commons 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Nature in Need of Protection and Nature as Healing Power: Environmental Activism in the ‘Nervous Age’ 24\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3 ‘The Desert Threatens’: Environmental Fears in the Age of Crisis – the New Deal and Nazi Germany 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Think Big! A Charismatic Intermezzo on the Olympian Heights 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo The Great Chain Reaction: The ‘Ecological Revolution’ in and around 1970 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree Networked Thinking and Practical Priorities: An Endless Interplay 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 On the Ecology of Ecologism 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Water and the Atom 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Changing Priorities: The Movement in Motion 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour Charismatics and Ecocrats 182\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Spiritual Quest and Charismatic Moments 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ten Heroines Embodying Tensions in the Movement 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Institutionalization, Routinization, Revitalization 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive A Friend–Enemy or Win-Win Scenario? 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From Nuclear Power to the Spotted Owl 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Violence and the Green Conscience 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ecology and Economics: The Challenge of Conceptual Analogy 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix Ecology and the Historic Turn of 1990: From Social Justice to Climate Justice? 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Dialectic of Green Enlightenment 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 517\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The environment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The environment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20environment%20%5BRN%5D%22\"\u003eRN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474980794648,"sku":"9780745662169","price":14.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745662169.jpg?v=1785802448","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-age-of-ecology-hardback-9780745662169","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}