Genealogies of Environmentalism

The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Human Geography
Cover of the book Genealogies of Environmentalism by Clarence Glacken, University of Virginia Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Clarence Glacken ISBN: 9780813939094
Publisher: University of Virginia Press Publication: July 28, 2017
Imprint: University of Virginia Press Language: English
Author: Clarence Glacken
ISBN: 9780813939094
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication: July 28, 2017
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Language: English

Clarence Glacken wrote one of the most important books on environmental issues published in the twentieth century. His magnum opus, Traces on the Rhodian Shore, first published in 1967, details the ways in which perceptions of the natural environment have profoundly influenced human enterprise over the centuries while, conversely, permitting humans to radically alter the Earth. Although Glacken did not publish a comparable book before his death in 1989, he did write a follow-up collection of essays—lost works now compiled at last in Genealogies of Environmentalism.

This new volume comprises all of Glacken's unpublished writings to follow Traces and covers a broad temporal and geographic canvas, spanning the globe from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Each essay offers a brief intellectual biography of an important environmental thinker and addresses questions such as how many people the Earth can hold, what resources can sustain such populations, and where land for growth is located. This collection—carefully edited and annotated, and organized chronologically—will prove both a classic text and a springboard for further discussions on the history of environmental thought.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Clarence Glacken wrote one of the most important books on environmental issues published in the twentieth century. His magnum opus, Traces on the Rhodian Shore, first published in 1967, details the ways in which perceptions of the natural environment have profoundly influenced human enterprise over the centuries while, conversely, permitting humans to radically alter the Earth. Although Glacken did not publish a comparable book before his death in 1989, he did write a follow-up collection of essays—lost works now compiled at last in Genealogies of Environmentalism.

This new volume comprises all of Glacken's unpublished writings to follow Traces and covers a broad temporal and geographic canvas, spanning the globe from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Each essay offers a brief intellectual biography of an important environmental thinker and addresses questions such as how many people the Earth can hold, what resources can sustain such populations, and where land for growth is located. This collection—carefully edited and annotated, and organized chronologically—will prove both a classic text and a springboard for further discussions on the history of environmental thought.

More books from University of Virginia Press

Cover of the book Sucking Up by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Stranger America by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Elizabeth Bishop's Brazil by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Primates in the Real World by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Charlottesville 2017 by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Women Fight, Women Write by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book State and Citizen by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Pulpit and Nation by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book A Warring Nation by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book The Road to Charleston by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Becoming Men of Some Consequence by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Giant's Causeway by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book American Abolitionism by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Climb to the Sky by Clarence Glacken
Cover of the book Religious Freedom by Clarence Glacken
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy