History of the Australian Environment Movement

by Drew Hutton, Libby Connors

Overview

This book traces the environment movement in Australia from the first visionaries who pressed for preservation of native fauna and for sanitation in cities to a mass social movement that challenges the most powerful interests in society. It covers the major environmental issues that have been at the forefront of Australian politics since the 1960s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521450768
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/13/1999
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. The First Wave: 1860s to World War II: 1. The professional base; 2. Sane citizens and sanatarians; Part II. The Second Wave Builds: World War II to 1972: 3. Old meets new; Part III. The Campaigning Movement: 1973–83: 4. Taking to the streets; 5. Taking to the bush; Part IV. The Professional Movement: 1983–90: 6. Fighting for wilderness; 7. Urban issues and pollution; 8. Green politics; Part V. The Green Momentum Falters: 1990–8: 9. Neo-liberalism and the green agenda; Epilogue.

Editorial Reviews

"...anyone interested in comparative history of the British Empire, the neo-Europes, or social movements in industrial societies can read this book with profit. This is the first full-scale environmental history of authors - activists as well as academics - have managed to combine a serious historical study with a sympathetic inside view. This is not, fully, the kind of specialized scholarhip characteristic of American academic writing. It is directed to an educated but general audience by scholars with loyalities to the cause they analyze." American Historical Review

"...a comprehensive study, which opens new perspectives on how far pressures andinitiatives in a divided society can generate change or conflict." John Gullick, Times Literary Supplement

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