Surroundings a history of environments and environmentalisms

"The English word "environment" dates to the mid-nineteenth century, and the concept that it was invented to describe is not much older. Only since the late eighteenth century, and only in certain contexts, has it become common to believe that life can best be explained in environment...

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Main Author: Benson, Etienne, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press, [2020]
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2334703.pdf
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505 0 |a Introduction: What was an environment? -- The world in the museum: natural history and the invention of organisms and environments in post-revolutionary Paris -- Environments of empire: disease, race, and statistics in the British Caribbean -- The urban milieu: evolutionary theory and social reform in progressive Chicago -- The biosphere as battlefield: strategic materials and systems theories in a world at war -- The evolution of risk: toxicology, consumption, and the US environmental movement -- The human planet: globalization, climate change, and the future of civilization on Earth -- Conclusion: what might the environment become? 
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520 |a "The English word "environment" dates to the mid-nineteenth century, and the concept that it was invented to describe is not much older. Only since the late eighteenth century, and only in certain contexts, has it become common to believe that life can best be explained in environmental terms. Surroundings is the first full history of the concept - one that shows how it became compelling to particular communities of people. Today we confront the legacies of this long history, which the author argues has made it difficult to speak coherently and persuasively about questions of environmental justice and equity. The history recounted in Surrounded can help us better understand why we find ourselves in this predicament and what we might do about it. For it uncovers not only the diversity of forms that environmentalism has taken in the past but how paying attention them can open our eyes to the promising new varieties of environmentalism that are emerging today"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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