The power of the periphery : : how Norway became an environmental pioneer for the world / / Peder Anker.

What is the source of Norway's culture of environmental harmony in our troubled world? Exploring the role of Norwegian scholar-activists of the late twentieth century, Peder Anker examines how they portrayed their country as a place of environmental stability in a world filled with tension. In...

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Superior document:Studies in environment and history
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Studies in environment and history.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2020).
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Table of Contents:
  • "We are as gods"
  • 1. The power of the periphery
  • 2. The ecologists
  • 3. The ecophilosophers
  • 4. The deep ecologists
  • 5. Environmental studies
  • 6. The call for a new ecoreligion
  • 7. The sustainable society
  • 8. The acid rain debate
  • 9. Our common future
  • The alternative nation