Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850-1950

by Gregory Summers (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $32.65

  Environmental debates often pit the protection of nature against economic growth. This book reveals that environmentalism has unsuspected roots in consumerism that extend deeper than our everyday dilemmas. It tells of an early confrontation that set the stage for Silent Spring, pushing the dawn of environmental politics back several decades.