Green Rage: radical environmentalism and the unmaking of civilization

308 Pages·1990·35.114 MB·English

by  Christopher Manes

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GREEN RAGE
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GREENRAGE
RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
AND THE
UNMAKING OF CIVILIZATION
Christopher Manes
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LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BOSTON TORONTO LONDON
Copyright © 1990by ChristopherManes
All rights reserved. Nopart ofthis book maybe
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First Edition
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data
Manes, Christopher, 1957-
Green rage : radical environme—ntalism and the unmaking of
civilization/ChristopherManes. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-316-54513-9 (he)
ISBN 0-316-54532-5 (pb)—
1. Environmental policy Citizen participation. 2. Green
movement. 3. Environmental protection. 4. Radicalism. 5. Human
ecology. I. Title.
HC79.E5M353 1990
363.7'057-dc20 90-5697
987654321
(HC) 10 98765432
(PB) 10 1
Publishedsimultaneously in Canada
byLittle, Brown & Company (Canada) Limited
Printed in the United StatesofAmerica
To Mom and Dad for their infinite patience.
To Marcy, who taught me to love the Earth.
To Gwen, who taught me to love humanity again.
And to Owl, Ferret, Spruce, River, Stone,
without whose ministrations this book
would not have been possible.
Digitized by the Internet Archive
2012
in
http://archive.org/details/greenrageOOchri
'the spear shine in the sun'
that warrior spirit
is too val—uable to waste
on wars
let it be placed
in a better context,
for instance
acting to save
our Mother Earth.
then the fire-
fangled feathers
really dangle,
the bow burn gold,
the spear shine
in the sun.
—
Dennis Fritzinger