A Fierce Green Fire The American Environmental Movement

By: Philip Shabecoff

343 pages, no illustrations

Publisher: Farrer, Straus and Giroux

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ISBN: 9780809084593 Hardback Dec 1993 Out of Print #31294

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Renowned environmental journalist Philip Shabecoff presents the definitive history of American environmentalism from the earliest days of the republic to the present. He offers a sweeping overview of the contemporary environmental movement and the political, economic, social and ethical forces that have shaped it. More importantly, he considers what today's environmental movement needs to do if it is to fight off the powerful forces that oppose it and succeed in its mission of protecting the American people, their habitat, and their future.

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Philip Shabecoff is an environmental writer based in Massachusetts. He was a reporter for the New York Times for more than 30 years, and founded the online environmental news service Greenwire in 1991 and served as its publisher until 1996. His books include A New Name for Peace (University Press of New England, 1996) and Earth Rising (Island Press, 2000).

By: Philip Shabecoff

343 pages, no illustrations

Publisher: Farrer, Straus and Giroux

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