The Roots of Environmental Consciousness: Popular Tradition and Personal Experience(Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative)

Series: Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative

This book examines the roots of contemporary environmental consciousness and action in terms of both popular experience and tradition. A wide range of geographical and thematic case-studies explore the myth, tradition and collective memory that shape our environmental thought. Containing a wealth of empirical source material, this book will be invaluable for sociologists and historians alike.