Loving Nature, Fearing the State: Environmentalism and Antigovernment Politics Before Reagan

by Brian Allen Drake

Book Overview

A "conservative environmental tradition" in America may sound like a contradiction in terms, but as Brian Allen Drake shows in Loving Nature, Fearing the State, right-leaning politicians and activists have shaped American environmental consciousness since the environmental movement's beginnings. In this wide-ranging history, Drake explores the tensions inherent in balancing an ideology dedicated to limiting the power of government with a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295992999
• ISBN13: 9780295992990
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher