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US Environmental History

John Wills
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      This book explores America's environmental ruin, past and present. Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon, as well as growing evidence of global warming, highlight a nation caught in environmental crisis. This introduction to America's environmental crisis shows that it is firmly rooted in the past and that today's problems are manifestations of older systems of capitalism, technology and a catastrophe culture. It covers new environmental disasters such as Katrina and Deepwater Horizon. It identifies 'doomsday landscapes' including the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, the 'Fable for Tomorrow' town in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) and Nevada's fake Doom Towns blown apart by atomic testing. It looks at whether Americans have been inviting the current situation through their long-term environmental actions. It includes 14 illustrations showing environmental destruction both real and imagined.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: John Wills EAN: 9780748622641 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 375 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-11-27 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / North America, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      United States of America, USA, The environment

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      John Wills is a Lecturer in American History at the University of Kent.
      This book explores America's environmental ruin, past and present. Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon, as well as growing evidence of global warming, highlight a nation caught in environmental crisis. This introduction to America's environmental crisis shows that it is firmly rooted in the past and that today's problems are manifestations of older systems of capitalism, technology and a catastrophe culture. It covers new environmental disasters such as Katrina and Deepwater Horizon. It identifies 'doomsday landscapes' including the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, the 'Fable for Tomorrow' town in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) and Nevada's fake Doom Towns blown apart by atomic testing. It looks at whether Americans have been inviting the current situation through their long-term environmental actions. It includes 14 illustrations showing environmental destruction both real and imagined.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: John Wills EAN: 9780748622641 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 375 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-11-27 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / North America, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, The environment

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      John Wills is a Lecturer in American History at the University of Kent.

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