The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health

by Jennifer Thomson and Jennifer Thomson

Book Overview

Health figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism. There are many competing claims about the health of ecosystems, the health of the planet, and the health of humans, yet there is little agreement among the likes of D.C. lobbyists, grassroots organizers, eco-anarchist collectives, and science-based advocacy organizations about whose health matters most, or what health even means. In this book, Jennifer Thomson untangles the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469651998
• ISBN13: 9781469651996
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"