The Age of Ecology: A Global History

by Joachim Radkau

This book is the first major study of the history ofenvironmentalism, from its origins in romanticism and the naturecults of the late 18th century to the global environmentalmovements of today.

Radkau shows that this is not a single story of the steady ascentof environmentalism but rather a multiplicity of stories, each withits own dramatic tension: between single-issue movements and thechallenges posed by the interconnection of environmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745662161
• ISBN13: 9780745662169
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"