Ecological pioneers : A social history of Australian ecological thought and action
Mulligan, Martin2001
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Traces the emergence of ecological understandings in Australia, constructing a social history focusing on various fields in the arts, sciences, politics and public life.
Main title:
Ecological pioneers : A social history of Australian ecological thought and action / by Martin Mulligan and Stuart Hill
Author:
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Collation:
338 page illustrations
Contents:
The colonisation of Australian nature and early ecological thought - Seeing the land in a new light: land and identity in Australian literature - Taking nature to the public: journalists, broadcasters and writers as educators - Towards a conservation ethic: birth of the conservation movement - Working in the borderlands: Australian innovations in land and resource management - Challenging terra nullius views: the aboriginal land rights movement - Green politics in the wide brown land: wilderness politics and social justice agendas - Towards a communicative ethic: Australian contributions to ecophilosophy
ISBN:
0521009561 (paperback)
Dewey class:
577.0994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
585
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 577.0994 ECO | Available |