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Title Environmentalism in Central and Southeastern Europe : historical perspectives / edited by Hrvoje Petrić and Ivana Žebec Šilj
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017

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Contents Preface; Introduction; Part I: Environmentalism and Environmental Movements; Chapter One: Where Technology and Environmentalism Meet; Chapter Two: Environmental Thought in Slovenia; Chapter Three: Civil Society and Environmental Protection NGOs in Croatia, 1989-2014; Chapter Four: Religion and Ecology in Croatia; Chapter Five: Something Old, Something New; Chapter Six: Environmental Narratives and Sociopolitical Agendas in Greece in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Chapter Seven: The History of Environmental Movements and the Development of Environmental Thought in Turkey, 1850-1980Part II: Nature Protection and Specific Landscapes; Chapter Eight: Man and Nature in Central Europe during the "Long" Nineteenth Century from the Slovak Point of View; Chapter Nine: Protecting the Alps; Chapter Ten: The Origins and Developmental Course of the Plitvice Lakes National Park; Chapter Eleven: Contrasting the "Sunny Side"; Chapter Twelve: The Development of the Concept of Forest Sustainability in Transylvania, the Banat, Bukovina, Moldavia, and Wallachia until 1918
Summary This collection examines the historical development of society's relationship to the environment in Central and Southeastern Europe. The contributors analyze the growth of environmental consciousness since the eighteenth century, the inception of environmental history as an academic discipline, and the rise of environmental movements in the region
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Environmentalism -- Europe, Central -- History
Environmentalism -- Balkan Peninsula -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Environmentalism
Balkan Peninsula
Central Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Petrić, Hrvoje, 1972- editor.
Žebec Šilj, Ivana, editor
LC no. 2017014070
ISBN 9781498527651
1498527655