recommended
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.1
Required:
Nash, Wilderness, prologue, ch's 1, 2
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 2-4
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.2, "The study of social movements"
ADDITIONAL:
Cronon, William. 1983. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England. NY: Hill and Wang.
Guha, Ramachandra. 2000. Environmentalism: A Global History. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.
Kline, Benjamin. 2010. First Along the River: A Brief History of the US Environmental Movement, 4th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Spence, Mark D. 1999. Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks. NY: Oxford Univ. Press
Required:
Nash, Wilderness, ch's 3-5
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch.6
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.4, "What is a cultural movement?"
ADDITIONAL:
Thoreau, Henry D. 1854. Walden. Available: http://thoreau.eserver.org/walden00.html
*** Weekly Reading Note #1 due (Wilderness, through ch.2) ***
Required:
Nash, Wilderness, ch's 6, 7
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 8, 9, 11
ADDITIONAL:
Muir, John. 1901. Our National Parks. Available: http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/our_national_parks/
Lecture
Discussion/ debate groups
Required:
Nash, Wilderness, ch.10
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 10-11
ADDITIONAL:
Pinchot, Gifford. 1905. "Work in the Woods". Ch. 2 in A Primer of Forestry. Part II: Practical Forestry. US Forest Service, Washington, DC. Available: http://tinyurl.com/3n4wv6j.
*** Weekly Reading Note #2 due (Wilderness, ch's 3-7) ***
Discussion
Required:
Nash, Wilderness, ch's 11-13
RECOMMENDED:
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.3, "What is a political movement?"
ADDITIONAL:
Marshall, Bob. 1930. "The Problem of the Wilderness," Scientific Monthly 30(2): 141‑148. Available: http://tinyurl.com/3o3le9c.
Debate preparation
Required:
Nash, Wilderness, ch's 14-16, epilogue
RECOMMENDED:
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.5, "What do social movements do?"
ADDITIONAL:
Gottlieb, Robert. 1993. "Reconstructing Environmentalism: Complex Movements, Diverse Roots," Environmental History Review 17(4): 1-19. Available: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3984644.
Marshall, Bob. 2005 [1956]. Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range, 3rd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Pinchot, Gifford. 1905. "Forestry Abroad and at Home". Ch. 4 in A Primer of Forestry. Part II: Practical Forestry. US Forest Service, Washington, DC. Available: http://tinyurl.com/3nmyp84.
Simonian, Lane. 1995. Defending the Land of the Jaguar: A History of Conservation in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press.
*** Weekly Reading Note #3 due (Wilderness, ch's 8-13) ***
*** Essay #1 – Early Environmental Movements (due Tues., 9/24) ***
Discussion
Discussion
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring, intro, ch's 1, 2 (pp. xiii-120)
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 5, 12
ADDITIONAL:
Tarr, Joel A. 1996. The Search for the Ultimate Sink: Urban Pollution in Historical Perspective. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press.
Taylor, Dorceta E. 2009. The Environment and People in American Cities, 1600s-1900s: Disorder, Inequality, and Social Change. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Discussion
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring, ch.3
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 13-15
ADDITIONAL:
Brulle, Robert J. 2000. Agency, Democracy, and Nature: The US Environmental Movement from a Critical Theory Perspective. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Dunlap, Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig. 1991. "The Evolution of the US Environmental Movement from 1970 to 1990: An Overview," Society & Natural Resources 4(3): 209-218.
Dunlap, Riley E. 1992. "Trends in Public Opinion Toward Environmental Issues: 1965-1990". Ch. 8 in American Environmentalism: The US Environmental Movement, 1970-1990, eds. Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
*** Weekly Reading Note #4 due (Forcing the Spring, ch’s 1-2) ***
Discussion/ debate groups
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring, ch.4
ADDITIONAL:
Mitchell, Robert Cameron, Angela G. Mertig, and Riley E. Dunlap. 1991. "Twenty Years of Environmental Mobilization: Trends Among National environmental Organizations," Society & Natural Resources 4(3): 219-234.
McCloskey, Michael. 1992. "Twenty Years of Change in the Environmental Movement: An Insider's View". Ch. 7 in American Environmentalism: The US Environmental Movement, 1970-1990, eds. Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
From the grassroots
Discussion/ debate groups
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring, ch.5 (Grassroots & Direct Action)
RECOMMENDED:
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.6, "Researching social movements"
Lester & Lester, Writing Research Papers, ch.2, "Finding a Topic"
*** Weekly Reading Note #5 due (Forcing the Spring, ch’s 3-4) ***
Film: PBS, “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring” (1993), 55 mins.
Discussion
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring, ch.6 (Gender)
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 12, 13, 15
ADDITIONAL:
Epstein, Barbara. 1993. "Ecofeminism and Grass-roots Environmentalism in the United States". Ch. 14 in Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice, ed. Richard Hofrichter. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers.
Krauss, Celene. 1993. "Blue Collar Women and Toxic-Waste Protests: The Process of Politicization". Ch. 10 in Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice, ed. Richard Hofrichter. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers.
Merchant, Carolyn. 2005. "Ecofeminism". Ch. 8 in Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
Mies, Marie, and Vandana Shiva. 1993. Ecofeminism. Highlands, NJ: Zed Books.
Debate preparation
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring, ch's 7 (Ethnicity), 8 (Class)
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch's 4, 7, 15
ADDITIONAL:
Bullard, Robert. 1992. "The Quest for Environmental Equity: Mobilizing the African-American Community for Social Change". Ch. 4 in American Environmentalism: The US Environmental Movement, 1970-1990, eds. Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
Merchant, Carolyn. 2005. "Environmental Ethics and Political Conflict". Ch. 3 in Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
Roberts, J. Timmons, and Mellisa M. Toffolon-Weiss. 2001. Chronicles from the Environmental Justice Frontlines. New York: Cambridge University Press
Berman, Daniel M. 1978. Death on the Job: Occupational Health and Safety Struggles in the United States. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Hofrichter, Richard, ed. 1993. Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers.
Kazis, Richard, and Richard L. Grossman. 1982. Fear at Work: Job Blackmail, Labor and the Environment. New York: Pilgrim Press.
Smith, Ted, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David N. Pellow, eds., 2006. Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
*** Weekly Reading Note #6 due (Forcing the Spring, ch's 5-6) ***
*** Essay #2 – American Environmentalism: The Second Wave (due Tues., Oct. 22) ***
Required:
Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring (all)
Required:
Cole & Foster, From the Ground Up, preface, intro, ch.1 (pp. 1-33)
ADDITIONAL:
Commission for Racial Justice. 1987. "Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States". New York: United Church of Christ.
Bullard, Robert D. 2000. Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality, 3rd ed. Boulder: Westview.
Discussion
Discussion/ debate prep
Required:
Cole & Foster, From the Ground Up, ch's 2-3
ADDITIONAL:
Bullard, Robert D., ed. 1993. Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots. Boston: South End Press.
Pellow, David N. 2000. "Environmental Inequality Formation: Toward a Theory of Environmental Injustice," American Behavioral Scientist 43(4): 581-601.
Taylor, Dorceta E. 2000. "The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm: Injustice Framing and the Social Construction of Environmental Discourses," American Behavioral Scientist 43(4): 508-580.
*** Research Paper Assignment #T-1 (due Thurs., 10/31) ***
Discussion/ debate prep
Required:
Cole & Foster, From the Ground Up, ch.4
ADDITIONAL:
Chavez, Cesar. 1983. "Farm Workers at Risk". Ch. 16 in Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice, ed. Richard Hofrichter. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers.
Pulido, Laura. 1996. Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Wright, Angus. 1986. "Rethinking the Circle of Poison: The Politics of Pesticide Farming among Mexican Farm Workers," Latin American Perspectives 13(4):26-59.
Wright, Angus. 2005. The Death of Ramon Gonzalez: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma, rev. ed. Austin: University of Texas Press.
*** Weekly Reading Note #7 due (From the Ground Up, through ch.3) ***
Discussion
Required:
Cole & Foster, From the Ground Up, ch.5
recommended:
Lester & Lester, Writing Research Papers, ch's 3, 5, 8, 9, Appendix
ADDITIONAL:
Richardson, Mary, Joan Sherman, and Michael Gismondi. 1993. Winning Back the Words: Confronting Experts in an Environmental Public Hearing. Toronto: Garamond Press.
Required:
Cole & Foster, From the Ground Up, ch.6
RECOMMENDED:
Merchant, Problems, ch’s 8, 11, 14, 15
ADDITIONAL:
Bullard, Robert D., ed. 2005. The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
LaDuke, Winona. 1983. "A Society Based on Conquest Cannot Be Sustained: Native Peoples and the Environmental Crisis". Ch. 9 in Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice, ed. Richard Hofrichter. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers.
Pellow, David N., and Robert J. Brulle, eds. 2006. Power, Justice, and the Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
*** Weekly Reading Note #8 due (From the Ground Up, ch's 4-5) ***
*** Essay #3 – The Environmental Justice Movement (due Tues., 11/12) ***
Required:
Cole & Foster, From the Ground Up, ch.7
ADDITIONAL:
Eyerman, Ron, and Andrew Jamison. 1991. Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press.
*** Research Paper Assignment #T-2 (due Thurs., 11/14) ***
Required:
Speth, Bridge at the End of the World, preface, introduction, ch's 1-2
RECOMMENDED:
Klein, This Changes Everything
Merchant, Problems, ch.15
ADDITIONAL:
Merchant, Carolyn. 2005. "The Global Ecological Crisis". Ch. 1 in Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
__________. 2005. "Science and Worldviews". Ch. 2 in Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
O'Brien, Robert, et al. 2000. Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Discussion/ debate groups
Required:
Speth, Bridge at the End of the World, ch.3
ADDITIONAL:
Dowie, Mark. 1995. Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Roberts, J. Timmons, and Bradley C. Parks. 2007. A Climate of Injustice: Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Discussion
Required:
Speth, Bridge at the End of the World, ch's 4-6
RECOMMENDED:
Lester & Lester, Writing Research Papers, ch's 7, 10, 12, 13, 15
ADDITIONAL:
Jones, Van. 2008. The Green Collar Economy. New York: HarperCollins
Micheletti, Michele. 2003. Political Virtue and Shopping: Individuals, Consumerism and Collective Action. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
*** Weekly Reading Note #9 due (Bridge, through ch.3) ***
Discussion/ debate groups
Required:
Speth, Bridge at the End of the World, ch's 7-9
ADDITIONAL:
Mol, Arthur P.J., David A. Sonnenfeld, and Gert Spaargaren, eds. 2009. The Ecological Modernisation Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice. London and New York: Routledge
Discussion
Debate preparation
Required:
Speth, Bridge at the End of the World (all)
RECOMMENDED:
Litfin, Ecovillages
Johnston, What Is a Social Movement? ch.7, "Where are social movements headed?"
ADDITIONAL:
Merchant, Carolyn. 2005. "Environmental Ethics and Political Conflict". Ch. 3 in Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
__________. 2005. "Anti-Globalization and Sustainability". Ch. 9 in Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
Schor, Juliet B., and Betsy Taylor, eds. 2002. Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century. Boston: Beacon Press.
Shabecoff, Philip. 2000. Earth Rising: American Environmentalism in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: Island Press
Tarrow, Sidney. 2005. The New Transnational Activism. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press
*** Weekly Reading Note #10 due (Bridge, ch's 4-9) ***
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