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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen A. CairnsPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9781496207470ISBN 10: 1496207475 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 01 May 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “Feminine Warriors”: California Women and the Environment 2. Saving the San Francisco Bay 3. The Dune Lady: Kathleen Goddard Jones 4. Saving the Santa Monica Mountains 5. Environmental Justice: The Politics of Survival Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsKathleen Cairns engagingly reveals how women, frequently without conventional political power, nevertheless proved to be successful activists, effectively limiting and sometimes even eliminating postwar efforts to further exploit and damage California's natural resources. Cairns also addresses the vitally important roles of race and class as well as gender in her many engaging stories of women who strove to protect California's environment. --Nancy C. Unger, author of Beyond Nature's Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History --Nancy C. Unger Kathleen Cairns brings the history of environmental awakening in California to light with stories of women who stood up against seemingly impossible odds. Their achievements are our heritage. At a time when Earth is under siege, the stories and examples of activism in At Home in the World offer us a path forward. --Bette Korber, prize-winning theoretical biologist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and passionate advocate of wild rivers --Bette Korber Kathleen Cairns brings the history of environmental awakening in California to light with stories of women who stood up against seemingly impossible odds. Their achievements are our heritage. At a time when Earth is under siege, the stories and examples of activism in At Home in the World offer us a path forward. --Bette Korber, prize-winning theoretical biologist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and passionate advocate of wild rivers Kathleen Cairns engagingly reveals how women, frequently without conventional political power, nevertheless proved to be successful activists, effectively limiting and sometimes even eliminating postwar efforts to further exploit and damage California's natural resources. Cairns also addresses the vitally important roles of race and class as well as gender in her many engaging stories of women who strove to protect California's environment. --Nancy C. Unger, author of Beyond Nature's Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History Author InformationKathleen A. Cairns is a retired lecturer in history and women’s studies at California Polytechnic University–San Luis Obispo. She is the author of The Enigma Woman: The Death Sentence of Nellie May Madison (Nebraska, 2007) and The Case of Rose Bird: Gender, Politics, and the California Courts (Nebraska, 2016), among other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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