Title A history of the Australian environment movement / Drew Hutton, Libby Connors

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1999 ©1999

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Description xiii, 324 pages plus 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm Contents Introduction -- PART I: The first wave: 1860s to World War II -- 1. Professors, learned assessors -- 2. Sane citizens and sanitarians -- PART II: The second wave builds: World War II to 1972 -- 3. Old meets new -- PART III: The campaigning movement: 1973-1983 -- 4. Taking to the streets -- 5. Taking to the bush -- PART IV: The professional movement: 1983-1990 -- 6. Fighting for wilderness -- 7. Urban issues and pollution -- 8. Greenies and numbers men -- PART V: Dancing in the dark: The movement in the 1990s -- 9. Counter-moves -- Epilogue Summary This book traces the development of 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. The authors, as professional historians and environmental activists, have taken advantage of their unique position to place the environment movement in the context of current social theory. This wide-ranging analysis will be of value to social scientists historians and activists Analysis Environment Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliography (pagess 296-312) and index Subject Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- History. Environmental policy -- Australia -- History. Environmental protection -- Australia -- History. Environmentalism -- Australia -- History. Environmentalists -- Australia -- History. Green movement -- Australia -- History. Ecology -- history. Environment -- history Societies -- history. Author Connors, Libby, 1960- author LC no. 98046512 ISBN 0521450764 052145686X (paperback)

Other Titles Australian environment movement

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