A climate of crisis : America in the age of environmentalism / Patrick Allitt.
"Few issues today excite more passion or alarm than the specter of climate change. In A Climate of Crisis, historian Patrick Allitt shows that our present climate of crisis is far from exceptional. Indeed, the environmental debates of the last half century are defined by exaggeration and fearmongeri...
| Uniform Title: | Penguin history of American life.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Penguin Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Penguin history of American life.
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| Physical Description: | xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
"Few issues today excite more passion or alarm than the specter of climate change. In A Climate of Crisis, historian Patrick Allitt shows that our present climate of crisis is far from exceptional. Indeed, the environmental debates of the last half century are defined by exaggeration and fearmongering from all sides, often at the expense of the facts."-- From dust jacket flap. |
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| Call Number: | GE197 .A45 2014 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-370) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594204661 1594204667 |