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

Name: Consuming Nature Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850-1950
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ISBN: 9780700614868

ISBN-10: 0700614869

ISBN-13: 9780700614868

Edition: 2006

Authors: Gregory Summers

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Environmental debates often pit the protection of nature against economic growth. But as Gregory Summers reveals, environmentalism has unsuspected roots in consumerism that extend deeper than our present-day dilemmas. In Consuming Nature, he tells of an early confrontation that set the stage for Silent Spring, pushing the dawn of environmental politics back several decades. Summers takes readers to Wisconsin's Fox River Valley more than fifty years ago to recount how technological and economic progress contributed to residents' growing opposition to the industrial pollution of the river. On the one hand, there was the Wisconsin paper industry--long the largest employer in the area but also…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 9/5/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: A River of Paper?



The Voice of Industry



Working with Nature



The Renewal of Progress



The Consumer's Metropolis



Enjoying the Great Outdoors



"Pollution Concerns You!"


Conclusion: The Meaning of Nature


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index