Varieties of Environmentalism: Essays North and South

by Ramachandra Guha

Book Overview

Until very recently, studies of the environmental movement have been heavily biased towards the North Atlantic worlds. There was a common assumption amongst historians and sociologists that concerns over such issues as conservation or biodiversity were the exclusive preserve of the affluent westerner: the ultimate luxury of the consumer society. Citizens of the world's poorest countries, ran the conventional wisdom, had nothing to gain from environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853833290
• ISBN13: 9781853833298
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"