Environmental Values in American Culture

An anthropological study of how Americans view global warming and other environmental changes, drawing on interviews and surveys of the general public as well as members of groups ranging from Earth First! to laid-off Oregon sawmill workers. Among the findings are that the public and scientists have completely different understandings of some critical environmental problems and proposed policy solutions, that environmental values have already become intertwined with other American values, and that an environmental view of the world is more universal than previous studies have suggested. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.