Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book tells the story of Terania Creek - the world's first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown environment movement, came of age at Terania Creek. After five years of 'polite' campaigning failed to stop the logging of ancient Gondwanan rainforest, an organic and spontaneous blockade erupted that would see the forging of a number of ingenious blockading techniques and strategies. The activist repertoire developed at Terania Creek has since echoed across the country, and across the Earth. This book draws on extensive oral history interviews as well as photographs taken of the protest in 1979; such rich source material brings the story to life. Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism will therefore appeal to both a scholarly audience as well as activists, practitioners, and counterculturalists.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
Release date:	2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Vanessa Bible
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	114
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-70469-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Forests, rainforests Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	3-319-70469-9
Barcode:	9783319704692

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