HistoryoftheAustralianEnvironmentMovement

ThisbooktracesthedevelopmentoftheenvironmentmovementinAustraliafromthefirstvisionarieswhopressedforpreservationofnativefaunaandforsanitationincitiestoamasssocialmovementthatchallengesthemostpowerfulinterestsinsociety.Europeansettlersrespondedstrongly,andoftenunwisely,totheuniqueflora,faunaandlandscapesofAustralia.Theauthorsexaminethesocialbiasesandtraditionswhichcontributedtotheriseofanenvironmentalethicinthelatenineteenthcentury.Theythenanalysethecampaignsofthesecondwave,showinghowtheenvironmentmovementevolvedasasocialmovementandbecameasophisticatedfactorinthepoliticalprocess.Theauthors,professionalhistoriansandenvironmentalactivists,havewrittenanoriginalandhighlyreadablebookforsocialscientistsandhistorians,aswellasactivistsandgeneralreaders.