Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bible, Vanessa (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
• Θέματα: Islands of the Pacific-History.; Environment.; History, Modern.; Social history.; World politics.; Australasian History.; Environment Studies.; Modern History.; Social History.; Political History.

This book tells the story of Terania Creek - the world's first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown envi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Australian Counterculture
• 3 The Terania Native Forest Action Group
• 4 The Blockade
• 5 The Spirit of Terania
• 6 Conclusion.