African American Environmental Thought
Subtitle: Foundations (American Political Thought)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: February 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780700615162
Subjects: Black studies; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Political science & theory; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; USA; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; History & Theory - General; African Americans; Environmentalism; History; Human ecology; Intellectual life; United States
Description: 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 to environmental concerns.