African American Environmental Thought: Foundations

by Kimberly K. Smith

Book Overview

African American intellectual thought has long provided a touchstone for national politics and civil rights, but, as Kimberly Smith reveals, it also has much to say about our relationship to nature. In this first single-authored book to link African American and environmental studies, Smith uncovers a rich tradition stretching from the abolition movement through the Harlem Renaissance, demonstrating that black Americans have been far from indifferent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615164
• ISBN13: 9780700615162
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"