AmericanEarth:EnvironmentalWritingSinceThoreau

AsAmericaandtheworldgrapplewiththeconsequencesofglobalenvironmentalchange，writerandactivistBillMcKibbenoffersthisunprecedented，provocative，andtimelyanthology，gatheringthebestandmostsignificantAmericanenvironmentalwritingfromthelasttwocenturies.Classicsoftheenvironmentalimagination?theessaysofHenryDavidThoreau，JohnMuir，andJohnBurroughs;AldoLeopold?sASandCountyAlmanac;RachelCarson?sSilentSpring?aresetagainsttheinspiringstoryofanemergingactivistmovement，asrevealedbynewlyuncoveredreportsofpioneeringcampaignsforconservation，passagesfromlandmarklegalopinionsandlegislation，andsearingprotestspeeches.HerearesomeofAmerica?sgreatestandmostimpassionedwriters，takingaturntowardnatureandrecognizingthefragilityofoursituationonearthandtheurgencyofthesearchforasustainablewayoflife.Thought-provokingessaysonoverpopulation，consumerism，energypolicy，andthenatureof?nature?joinecologists?memoirsandintimatesketchesofthehabitatsofendangeredspecies.TheanthologyincludesadetailedchronologyoftheenvironmentalmovementandAmericanenvironmentalhistory，aswellasan80-pagecolorportfolioofillustrations.