Authors: Barbara K. Rodes, Rice Odell, Rice Odell
ISBN-13: 9780801857386, ISBN-10: 0801857384
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: November 1997
Edition: REPRINT
Here are more than 3,700 quotations in 143 categories--from Acid Rain to Zoos--that provide a comprehensive collection of wise and witty observations about our natural environment. Quotations have been drawn from a variety of documented sources, including poems, proverbs, slogans, radio and television, Congressional hearings, magazines, and newspapers. A sweeping look at the history of environmentalism. 335 pp.
Some 3,700 quotations cover 143 categories, including conservation, deforestation, the greenhouse effect, nuclear energy, and recycling. Authors range from a pre-Christian philosopher to a contemporary economist, from poets to engineers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.