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by Douglas Torgerson Publisher Comments As such, it will be valued by those interested in environmental and public policy, political theory, social activism, and the future of political action.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Richard Wes Sellars Synopsis This book traces the epic clash of values between traditional scenery-and-tourism management and emerging ecological concepts in the national parks, America's most treasured landscapes. It spans the period from the creation of Yellowstone National Park... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Da Peterson Del Mar Book News Annotation The publisher's Big Ideas series offers brief, accessible, jargon-free summaries of ideas that shaped the 20th century and continue to shape the present. This conveniently sized (5.25x8") overview explores the recurring tension between conservation... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Student Conservation Book News Annotation The nonprofit Student Conservation Association provides a state-by- state descriptive, but not evaluative, guide to graduate school programs in environmental disciplines ranging from atmospheric science to zoology. Related fields covered include... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Alexander Drummond Book News Annotation An incisive account of the life and work of Enos Mills (1870- 1922), naturalist and writer, conservation pioneer, and mountain adventurer. A complex, controversial, and often difficult man, Mills believed passionately in defending unspoiled nature and... (read more) Your price $29.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Martin Teitel Publisher Comments Picture a world where the french fries you eat are registered as a pesticide. Where corn plants kill monarch butterflies. Where multinational corporations own the life forms that farmers grow and legally control the farmers' actions. That world exists... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $2.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by A Barrie Pittock Publisher Comments Pittock also examines individual action, emphasizing the need for us to contribute to solutions through constructive political and personal action.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $ (Used - ) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by David Helvarg Publisher Comments Completely revised and updated through the first years of George W. Reveals the ongoing violence against environmental activists. First published by Sierra Club Books.... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Pete Daniel Synopsis Following World War II, chemical companies and agricultural experts promoted the use of synthetic chemicals as pesticides on weeds and insects. It was, Pete Daniel points out, a convenient way for companies to apply their wartime research to the domestic... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Max Oelschlaeger Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-459) and index.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Tony Juniper Publisher Comments The time is now . . . There is no longer any question that our planet is in danger—or that human actions have been a primary cause. But how well do we, as individuals, understand both the far-reaching consequences of our actions and the varied... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $25.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Yongxin Xu Publisher Comments A collection of thirty peer-reviewed articles, this book provides a first glimpse into groundwater pollution in Africa. It begins with a broad overview of the situation in Africa highlighting topics of special significance to the continent and including... (read more) List Price $125.00 Your price $84.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by National Research Co Publisher Comments This is the fourth and final volume reviewing EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). After 4 years of review, the authoring committee retains its belief that EMAP's goals are laudable. However, because achieving the goals of this... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $7.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Joyeeta Gupta Publisher Comments Heat waves in Delhi and Athens; hurricane Mitch in Central America; floods and tornadoes in the USA; floods in Britain and China—all are unprecedented in severity and in frequency. What is happening to the world's weather? What are the world's... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $3.85 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Asian Development Ba Publisher Comments This series provides critical perspectives on the contemporary environmental issues of Pacific nations and identifies interventions required to address key concerns at the local, subnational, national, regional, and global levels. Case studies... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Debra Donahue Publisher Comments The Western Range Revisited has ignited a firestorm of controversy since its original publication. Angry critics have called, not just for Debra L. Donahue's dismissal, but for the dissolution of the University of Wyoming College of Law, where she... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by George Pyle Publisher Comments In Raising Less Corn, More Hell George B. Pyle shows us how the famous breadbasket of America is being bought up by large corporations, who produce less food per acre than the small farmer, push those farmers further into debt, pollute the earth and wear... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Byron E Pearson Book News Annotation Between 1963 and 1968 a political battle raged over whether to construct dams on the Grand Canyon, a fight that the Sierra Club is often portrayed as winning. Pearson (history, West Texas A&M U.) begs to differ, arguing that such a portrait gives undue... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $29.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John D Cox Publisher Comments As scientists carefully search for clues in the sun and storm patterns from our distant, past, they are gradually writing a new history of Earth's climate. Layers extracted from cores drilled into glaciers and ice sheets, sediments collected from the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by William Chandler Publisher Comments Energy and environmental issues in the former Soviet sphere rank as global policy priorities for three reasons. First, civilian application of military nuclear materials multiplies the threat of terrorism. Second, Russian and Caspian oil resources affect... (read more) List Price $34.00 Your price $8.98 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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