TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomson,Jennifer
TI  - The wild and the toxic: American environmentalism and the politics of health 
SN  - 9781469651651
AV  - RA566.3 .T47 2019eb
U1  - 362.1969/8 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Environmental health
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Gaia hypothesis
KW  - Politics, Practical
KW  - Environmental Health
KW  - Politics
KW  - Hypothèse Gaïa
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Hygiène du milieu
KW  - Politique
KW  - politics
KW  - aat
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Social Security
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Social Services & Welfare
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Environmental Conservation & Protection
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Friends of the Earth and environmental health -- You're murdering us : Love Canal and human health -- Biocentrism and the health of the wild -- Planetary health in the age of climate change
N2  - "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 complex web of political, social, and intellectual developments that gave rise to the multiplicity of claims and concerns about environmental health. Thomson traces four strands of activism from the 1970s to the present: the environmental lobby, environmental justice groups, radical environmentalism and bioregionalism, and climate justice activism. By focusing on health, environmentalists were empowered to intervene in the rise of neoliberalism, the erosion of the regulatory state, and the decimation of mass-based progressive politics. Yet, as this book reveals, an individualist definition of health ultimately won out over more communal understandings. Considering this turn from collective solidarity toward individual health helps explain the near paralysis of collective action in the face of planetary disaster."--Publisher's description
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2092066
ER  -