A study of the pragmatic roots of American environmentalism-as seen
in the work of Liberty Hyde Bailey, Lewis Mumford, Benton MacKaye,
and Aldo Leopold-and how it can inform a new, civic-minded
environmentalism today. InThe Landscape of Reform Ben Minteer
offers a fresh and provocative reading of the intellectual
foundations of American environmentalism, focusing on the work and
legacy of four important conservation and planning thinkers in the
first half of the twentieth century: Liberty Hyde Bailey, a
forgotten figure in the Progressive conservation movement; urban
and regional planning theorist Lewis Mumford; Benton MacKaye, the
forester and conservationist who proposed the Appalachian Trail in
the 1920s; and Aldo Leopold, author of the environmentalist classic
A Sand County Almanac. Minteer argues that these writers blazed a
significant "third way" in environmental ethics and practice, a
more pragmatic approach that offers a counterpoint to the
anthropocentrism-versus-ecocentrism-use-versus-preservation-narrative
that has long dominated discussions of the development of American
environmental thought. Minteer shows that the environmentalism of
Bailey, Mumford, MacKaye, and Leopold was also part of a larger
moral and political program, one that included efforts to
revitalize democratic citizenship, conserve regional culture and
community identity, and reclaim a broader understanding of the
public interest that went beyond economics and materialism. Their
environmental thought was an attempt to critique and at the same
time reform American society and political culture. Minteer
explores the work of these four environmental reformers and
considers two present-day manifestations of an environmental third
way: Natural Systems Agriculture, an alternative to chemical and
energy-intensive industrial agriculture; and New Urbanism, an
attempt to combat the negative effects of suburban sprawl. By
rediscovering the pragmatic roots of American environmentalism,
writes Minteer, we can help bring about a new, civic-minded
environmentalism today.
General
| Imprint: |
MIT Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The Landscape of Reform |
| Release date: |
March 2009 |
| First published: |
2006 |
| Authors: |
Ben A. Minteer
(Assistant Professor)
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
280 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-262-51255-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
The environment >
General
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| LSN: |
0-262-51255-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780262512558 |
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