The Wild and the Toxic : American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health
Publication Date
5-2019
Description
Health figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism. There are many competing claims about the health of ecosystems, the health of the planet, and the health of humans, yet there is little agreement among the likes of D.C. lobbyists, grassroots organizers, eco-anarchist collectives, and science-based advocacy organizations about whose health matters most, or what health even means. In this book, Jennifer Thomson untangles the complex web of political, social, and intellectual developments that gave rise to the multiplicity of claims and concerns about environmental health.-- publisher
ISBN
9781469651996
Keywords
Ecology, Environmental studies, Environmentalism, Public policy, Politics, Sociology, Social issues, Health, Medicine, Gaia hypothesis
Disciplines
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Environmental Law | Environmental Public Health | Environmental Studies | Health Law and Policy | Sociology
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
City
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Department
History
Files
Recommended Citation
Thomson, Jennifer, "The Wild and the Toxic : American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health" (2019). Faculty Books. 52.
https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/books/52