"The Environmental Moment" is a collection of documents that reveal
the significance of the years 1968-1972 to the environmental
movement in the United States. With material ranging from short
pieces from the Whole Earth Catalog and articles from the "Village
Voice" to lectures, posters, and government documents, the
collection describes the period through the perspective of a
diversity of participants, including activists, politicians,
scientists, and average citizens. Included are the words of Rachel
Carson, but also the National Review, Howard Zahniser on
wilderness, Nathan Hare on the Black underclass. The chronological
arrangement reveals the coincidence of a multitude of issues that
rushed into public consciousness during a critical time in American
history.
"A fascinating collection of some of the most compelling
arguments in the late 1960s and early 1970s about the environmental
crisis. It makes clever use of images, cartoons, PSAs, letters, and
testimony." -Char Miller, author of "Gifford Pinchot and the Making
of Modern Environmentalism "
"Concentrating on a period of upheaval and change, years when
environmentalism developed as part of larger social and cultural
currents, "The Environmental Moment" gives students an in-depth
look at environmentalism emerging, affecting, and being shaped by
other interests in American society and the economy." -Thomas R.
Dunlap, editor of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of
Environmentalism "
""The Environmental Moment" is lively and eclectic and does an
impressive job of combining classic documents with less well-known
ones to get readers thinking about this seemingly familiar topic in
unfamiliar ways." -from the Foreword by William Cronon
David Stradling is professor of history at the University of
Cincinnati. He is the author of "Making Mountains: New York City
and the Catskills" and "The Nature of New York: An Environmental
History of the Empire State" and editor of "Conservation in the
Progressive Era. "
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