| Description |
1 online file. |
| Series |
Social issues primary sources collection |
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Social issues primary sources collection.
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| System Details |
System requirements: Internet access, WWW browser software, Adobe Acrobat reader for PDF files. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Note |
Title from Web page (viewed on Jan. 2, 2006). |
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Electronic version of 515 page print publication. |
| Summary |
This volumes of primary source documents focuses on the environment, a leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, this title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents--speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art--as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic. This title also contain an introduction to the environment, a chronology of major events associated with the environment, and a general index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Access may be limited to subscribers. |
| Contents |
Advisors and contributors -- Acknowledgements -- About the set -- Introduction -- About the entry -- Using primary sources -- Chronology -- Roots of environmental and ecological thought -- The physical earth -- The biosphere -- Exploration -- Environmental legislation -- Energy use and perils -- Environmental disasters -- Conservation and activism. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences -- Sources.
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Human ecology -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic reference sources.
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| ISBN |
9781414406268 electronic book |
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