Green Perspectives: Thinking, and Writing About Nature and the Environment

This unique anthology of readings engages readers with current ecological issues and the history of the environmental movement, with essays by authors and naturalists such as Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, John Muir, Willa Cather, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Chronologically organized from 1850 through 1993, it exposes readers to the Green Perspectives in historical, political, and social contexts. The diverse collection of readings includes essays, short-stories, poems, and excerpts from novels and represents many different points of view and disciplines.