Environmentalism (PB): A Global History

In this book Ramachandra Guha, an acclaimed historian of the environment, draws on manyyears of research in three continents. He details the major trends, ideas, campaigns andthinkers within the environmental movement worldwide. Among the thinkers he profiles areJohn Muir, Mahatma Gandhi, Rachel Carson, and Octavia Hill; among the movements, theChipko Andolan and the German Greens. Environmentalism: A Global History documentsthe flow of ideas across cultures, the ways in which the environmental movement in onecountry has been invigorated or transformed by infusions from outside. It interprets thedifferent directions taken by different national traditions, and also explains why in certaincontexts (such as the former Socialist Bloc) the green movement is marked only byits absence.Massive in scope but pointed in analysis, written with passion and verve, this bookpresents a comprehensive account of a significant social movement of our times,and will be of wide interest both within and outside the academy. For this new edition,the author has added a fresh prologue linking the book's themes to ongoingdebates about the environmental impacts of global economic development.