{"product_id":"the-environment-and-science-christian-young-9781576079638","title":"The Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating look at the historical relationship between environmental issues and scientific study, social attitudes, and public policy from the 17th century to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history of how science investigates nature and how those studies both shape and are shaped by the social attitudes, philosophies, and politics of their times. It follows the changes in perceptions of the natural world and humankind's place in it from the European colonization of North America through the Industrial Revolution and westward expansion, to the rise of the consumer economy and the recent hardening of the ideological battle lines over environmental policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCoverage includes the emergence of ecology as a science and conservation as a movement, the long history of conflicts between business interests and environmentalists, and the role of scientific studies in debates over atomic and nuclear power, pesticides, toxic emissions, and other human-made sources of environmental degradation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1576079635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576079638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.28h x 7.22w x 0.91d","brand":"Christian Young","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47305332588799,"sku":"9781576079638","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80e96ffa-e969-4679-972c-2c0adc44ddf7.jpg?v=1758830595","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-environment-and-science-christian-young-9781576079638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}