Canadian Countercultures and the Environment
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2016
- Category
- General, Social History, Historical Geography
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552388143
- Publish Date
- Feb 2016
- List Price
- $34.95
-
eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552388174
- Publish Date
- Feb 2016
- List Price
- $34.95
Add it to your shelf
Where to buy it
Description
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.
With contributions by: Matt Cavers Megan Davies Nancy Janovicek Alan MacEachern David Neufeld Ryan O'Connor Daniel Ross Henry Trim Sharon Weaver
About the author
COLIN M. COATES teaches environmental history and Canadian studies at York University. He is past president of the Canadian Studies Network-Réseau d’études canadiennes and was a member of the executive of NiCHE, the Network in Canadian History and Environment.
Other titles by
Political Culture in Louis XIV's Canada
Majesty, Ritual, and Rhetoric
Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada
Majesty, Ritual, and Rhetoric
La Confédération, 1864-1999
nouvelles perspectives
La Confédération, 1864-1999
nouvelles perspectives
The Nature of Canada
Moving Natures
Mobility and the Environment in Canadian History
Moving Natures
Mobility and the Environment in Canadian History
Introduction aux études canadiennes
Histoires, identités, cultures
Heroines and History
Representations of Madeleine de Verchères and Laura Secord
