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An invitation to environmental sociology / Michael Mayerfeld Bell, Isaac Sohn Leslie, Laura Hanson Schlachter, Loka L. Ashwood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: Sixth editionDescription: xiv, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781506366012
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 23
LOC classification:
  • GE195 .B45 2021
Contents:
Environmental problems and society -- Part I. The material -- Health and justice -- Consumption and materialism -- Money and markets -- Technology and science -- Population and development -- Part II. The ideal -- The ideology of environmental domination -- The ideology of environmental concern -- The human nature of nature -- Part III. The practical -- Mobilizing the just ecological society -- Transitioning to the just ecological society -- Living in the just ecological society.
Summary: "An Invitation to Environmental Sociology is a text that helped define this market and course when it was first published, and continues to invite students to delve into this rapidly changing field. Written in a lively, engaging style, Michael Bell, Loka Ashwood, and new coauthors Isaac Sohn Leslie and Laura Hanson Schlachter, cover the broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology texts. The book's unique organization explores three different kinds of questions about interactions between humans and the natural world: the material, the ideal, and the practical"--
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Books Books Humanities and Socal Sciences Library Collection Special Reserve GE195 .B45 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 181839684
Books Books Humanities and Socal Sciences Library Collection Special Reserve GE195 .B45 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 181839685
Books Books Humanities and Socal Sciences Library Collection Special Reserve GE195 .B45 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.3 Available 181839686
Books Books Humanities and Socal Sciences Library Collection General Collection GE195 .B45 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.4 Available 181839689
Books Books Humanities and Socal Sciences Library Collection General Collection GE195 .B45 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.5 Available 181839690

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Environmental problems and society -- Part I. The material -- Health and justice -- Consumption and materialism -- Money and markets -- Technology and science -- Population and development -- Part II. The ideal -- The ideology of environmental domination -- The ideology of environmental concern -- The human nature of nature -- Part III. The practical -- Mobilizing the just ecological society -- Transitioning to the just ecological society -- Living in the just ecological society.

"An Invitation to Environmental Sociology is a text that helped define this market and course when it was first published, and continues to invite students to delve into this rapidly changing field. Written in a lively, engaging style, Michael Bell, Loka Ashwood, and new coauthors Isaac Sohn Leslie and Laura Hanson Schlachter, cover the broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology texts. The book's unique organization explores three different kinds of questions about interactions between humans and the natural world: the material, the ideal, and the practical"--

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