Surroundings : a history of environments and environmentalisms /: a history of environments and environmentalisms. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Etienne S. Benson.
• Authors: Benson, Etienne
• Contents: Introduction: What Was an Environment? 1 The World in the Museum: Natural History and the Invention of Organisms and Environments in Post-Revolutionary Paris 2 Environments of Empire: Disease, Race, and Statistics in the British Caribbean 3 The Urban Milieu: Evolutionary Theory and Social Reform in Progressive Chicago 4 The Biosphere as Battlefield: Strategic Materials and Systems Theories in a World at War 5 The Evolution of Risk: Toxicology, Consumption, and the US Environmental Movement 6 The Human Planet: Globalization, Climate Change, and the Future of Civilization on Earth Conclusion: What Might the Environment Become? Acknowledgments Notes Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.7009; Environmentalism -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226706320
• Related ISBNs: 9780226706153; 9780226706290
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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