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Essays addressing relatively unknown or unexamined speeches delivered by famous or influential environmental figures.

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Author:   Richard D. Besel ,  Bernard K. Duffy
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438458496

ISBN 10:   1438458495
Pages:   414
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Philip C. Wander Acknowledgments Introduction: Green Voices in the Swelling Chorus of American Environmental Advocacy Richard D. Besel and Bernard K. Duffy 1. Coming to Grips with the Size of America's Environment: Charles Sumner Says Farewell to Montesquieu Michael J. Hostetler 2. ""I had been crying in the wilderness"": John Muir's Shifting Sublime Response Richard D. Besel and Bernard K. Duffy 3. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Impulses of Conservation Leroy G. Dorsey 4. See America First! The Aesthetics of Environmental Exceptionalism Anne Marie Todd 5. A Call to Partnership, Health, and Pure Fire: A Vital Vision of the Future in Aldo Leopold's ""The Farmer as a Conservationist"" Address Melba Hoffer 6. ""Conserving not scenery, but the human spirit itself"": The Environmental Oratory of Sigurd Olson C. Brant Short 7. ""What's wrong with a little emotion?"": Margaret E. Murie's Wilderness Rhetoric Elizabeth Lawson 8. Rachel Carson's War of Words against Government and Industry: Challenging the Objectivity of American Scientific Discourse Michel M. Haigh and Ann Marie Major 9. Mortification and Moral Equivalents: Jimmy Carter's Energy Jeremiad and the Limits of Civic Sacrifice Terence Check 10. Lois Gibb's Rhetoric of Care: Voicing a Relational Ethic of Compassion, Inclusivity, and Community in Response to the Toxic Disaster at Love Canal Katie L. Gibson 11. Frank Church's Natural Place in American Public Address: Light Green Orations That Saved ""The River of No Return Wilderness"" Ellen W. Gorsevski 12. We will live to piss on their graves"": Edward Abbey, Radical Environmentalism, and the Birth of Earth First! Derek G. Ross 13. ""I'm angry both as a citizen and a father"": Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Melodramatic Discourse on the Environmental Consequences of ""Crony Capitalism"" Ross Singer 14. Ashley Judd's Indictment of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining: A Stain on the Conscience of America Beth M. Waggenspack and Matthew Vandyke 15. Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice: Benjamin Chavis Jr. and Issues of Definition and Community Richard W. Leeman About the Contributors Index"

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"""The richly researched chapters are written in a scholarly and highly readable format, making this work accessible to a variety of audiences."" - CHOICE"

The richly researched chapters are written in a scholarly and highly readable format, making this work accessible to a variety of audiences. - CHOICE

Author Information

Richard D. Besel is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and coeditor (with Jnan A. Blau) of Performance on Behalf of the Environment. Bernard K. Duffy is Professor and Department Chair of Communication Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and coeditor (with Richard W. Leeman) of The Will of a People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches.

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