Canadian Countercultures and the Environment

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Studies of the radical environmental politics of the 1960s have tended to downplay the extent to which much of that countercultural intellectual and social ferment continued into the 1970s and 1980s. Canadian Countercultures and the Environment adds to our knowledge of this understudied period. This collection contributes a sustained analysis of the beginning of major environmental debates in this era and examines a range of issues related to broad environmental concerns, topics which emerged as key concerns in the context of Cold War military investments and experiments, the oil crisis of the 1970s, debates over gendered roles, and the increasing attention to urban pollution and pesticide use.No other publication dealing with this period covers the wide range of environmental topics (among others, activism, midwifery, organic farming, recycling, urban cycling, and communal living) or geographic locales, from Yukon to Atlantic Canada. Together, they demonstrate how this period influenced and informed environmental action and issues in ways that have had a long-term impact on Canadian society.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-02-28
Mått151 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCanadian History and Environment
Antal sidor320
FörlagUniversity of Calgary Press
ISBN9781552388143

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AcknowledgementsContributorsCanadian Countercultures and Their Environments 1930s-1980sColin M. CoatesSection 1: Environmental ActivismBack-to-the-Land Environmentalism and Small Island Ecology: Denman Island, BC 1974&ndash1979Sharon Weaver"Good Ecology Is Good Economics" The Slocan Valley Community Forest Management Project, 1973-1979Nancy JanovicekAmerican Immigration, the Canadian Counterculture, and the Prefigurative Environmental Politics of the West Kootenay Region, 1969-1989Kathleen RodgersCountercultural Recycling in Toronto: The "Is Five Foundation" and the Origins of the Blue BoxRyan O'Connor"Vive la VÉlorution!": Le Monde Á Bicyclette and the Origins of Cycling Advocacy in MontrealDaniel RossSection 2: People, Nature, ActivitiesAn Ark for the Future: Secience, Techonlogy and the Canadian Back-to-the-Land Movement of the 1970s Henry TrimDolars for "Deadbeats": Opportunities for Youth Grants and the Back-to-the-Land Movement British Columbia's Sunshine CoastMatt CaversBuilding Futures Together: Western and Aboriginal Countercultures and the Environment of the Yukon TerritoryDavid NeufeldNature, Spirit, Home: Back-to-the-Land Childbirt in BC's Kootenay RegionMegan J. DaviesChildren of the Hummus: Growing Up Back-to-the-Land on Prince Edward IslandAlan MacEachern with Ryan O'ConnorIndex

...interesting and important collection of essays demonstrates that in bringing the values of consumption-oriented mainstream society into question, the youthful countercultural movement including those who attempted to create their own utopias ------------ made- an important and lasting contribution to the environmental movement in Canada and further afield. Reviewed by J.I. Little, Professor Emeritus, History Department, Simon Fraser University