Italian Environmental Literature: An Anthology
This volume brings together, for the first time—in Italy or for an English-speaking audience—a collection of over 40 authors from this deep and broad tradition of Italian environmental writing.
This volume brings together, for the first time—in Italy or for an English-speaking audience—a collection of over 40 authors from this deep and broad tradition of Italian environmental writing.
Death in the Everglades chronicles the demise of one of 20th-century Florida’s most enduring folk heroes.
George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh’s career and shows his relevance today.
Traces the elm’s transformation from a fast-growing weed into a regional and national icon.
A study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present.
A collection of essays by leading scientists, technologists, and thinkers that examine the nature of current technological changes, their environmental implications, and possible strategies for the transition to a sustainable future.
By looking at works by Native Americans, African Americans, European Americans, and others, and by considering forms of literature beyond the traditional nature essay, Myers expands our conceptions of environmental writing and environmental justice.
Alex Lockwood tries to measure the importance of Rachel Carson’s work in its affective influence on contemporary environmental writing across the humanities.
Bryan Norton differs between two types of sustainability definitions, ‘social scientific’ and ‘ecological’ ones, in order to define our moral obligation to act sustainably.
Mary Midgley explores if there is a necessary clash between concern for animals and concern for the environment as a whole.