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Author Anker, Peder, author.

Title The power of the periphery : how Norway became an environmental pioneer for the world / Peder Anker, New York University.

Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK Cambridge    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : illustrations.
Series Studies in environment and history
Studies in environment and history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Where does Norwegian self-confident environmental well-wishing come from? Spanning thirty years of Norwegian history, this book begins with the translation of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 and ends with Norwegians attending the Earth Summit in 1992. It tells a story of how scientists considered outdoor life and environmental research to be superior. The Power of the Periphery was that of a pristine, ideal natural environment contrasted with the dirty center of society in need of change. At the local level that could manifest as an unspoiled mountain contrasted with an overcrowded city. At the global level it became a beautiful Norway contrasted with a polluted troubled world. Peder Anker is following the footsteps of the social anthropologist Fredrik Barth's students, the ocean explorer Thor Heyerdahl, the archeologists Helge Ingstad (who found Viking settlements in the United States), the Deep Ecology movement that congregated around the philosopher Arne Næss, along with the "shallow" ecologists Jørgen Randers (co-author of The Limits to Growth), the Chair of the Brundtland Commission, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change, Jens Stoltenberg. They all provided different visions of how Norway should be an environmental pioneer for the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2020).
Subject Environmentalism -- Social aspects -- Norway.
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- Norway.
Climatic changes -- Norway.
Ecology -- Norway.
Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
Environmentalism -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00913548
Environmentalism -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00913553
Norway. (OCoLC)fst01204556
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Anker, Peder. The power of the periphery New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108477567 (DLC) 2020006025
ISBN 9781108763851 electronic book
1108763855 electronic book
9781108477567 hardcover
9781108725729 paperback
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