J.I. Little At the Wilderness Edge: The Rise of the Antidevelopment Movement on Canada`s West Coast 9780773556409

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Автор: J.I. Little
Название: At the Wilderness Edge: The Rise of the Antidevelopment Movement on Canada`s West Coast
ISBN: 9780773556409
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

Охрана окружающей среды

Естественная история

ISBN-10: 0773556400
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 216
Вес: 0.32 кг.
Дата издания: 28.02.2019
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 11 photos, 5 maps
Размер: 226 x 150 x 15
Ключевые слова: History of the Americas,Conservation of the environment,Natural history, HISTORY / Canada / General,NATURE / General,NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Подзаголовок: The rise of the antidevelopment movement on canada`s west coast
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Vancouver prides itself on being a green city, and the west coast is known for its active environmental protest culture. But the roots of this mentality reach far beyond the founding of organizations such as Greenpeace. Small campaigns led by local community groups from the 1960s onward left a lasting impact on the region. At the Wilderness Edge examines five antidevelopment campaigns in and around Vancouver that reflected a dramatic decline in public support for large-scale commercial and industrial projects. J.I. Little describes the highly effective protests that were instrumental in preserving threatened green spaces on Coal Harbour, Hollyburn Ridge, Bowen Island, Gambier Island, and the Squamish estuary, keeping these important British Columbia landmarks from becoming a high-rise development project, a downhill ski resort, a suburban housing tract, an open-pit copper mine, and a major coal port, respectively. Through detailed analysis of development proposals and protests, government studies, and community responses, Little argues that it was not the usual suspects – 1960s radicalism and anti-establishment youth culture – that initiated and carried out these protests, but rather middle-aged, middle-class, politically engaged citizens, many of whom were women. An engaging study of grassroots politics in action, At the Wilderness Edge sheds new light on the rise of environmental consciousness, a pivotal era in the history of British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest, and Canada.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas|Conservation of the environment

At the Wilderness Edge: The Rise of the Antidevelopment Movement on Canada`s West Coast, J.I. Little