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Jeffrey CraigSanders is assistant professor of history at Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington.
“Sanders focuses on homegrown institutions that confronted social and environmental injustices. In this way, his work creates an imporatnt bridge to studies of postwar liberalism, urban reform, and its discontents . . . a welcome addition to urban, environmentalm and political histories of postwar America.”
—Environmental History
“Sanders offers a vivid and compelling history of environmental activism in Seattle. His work is resourceful and well synthesized. It is an exciting story, without being overly nostalgic . . . one likely to inspire many to support and lobby for healthy and humane neighborhoods in their own communities.”
—H-Net Reviews
“Sanders aims to show how contemporary ideas and practices of urban sustainability were expressed and engaged decades earlier, and in the process helps to answer how and why Seattle and its immediate region developed during the latter half of the twentieth century. This beautifully written and organized work will serve sociologists who study social movements, cities, and communities, environmentalism, and political sociology.”
—Contemporary Sociology
“Sanders's story of Seattle is the story of global environmental movements. His crisp narrative is a memorable contribution to environmental history, urban studies, urban sociology, and the socia l movement literature.”
—CHOICE Magazine
“In recovering stories that have almost faded from official civic consciousness and by connecting local concerns to national trends, Sanders negotiates the boundaries between hope and failure, “boosterism and criticism. . . . this is an outstanding case study of the tensions inherent in urban environmentalism. For scholars and activists alike, it is an important, rich, and unsettling work.”
—Pacific Historical Review
"Sanders finds the roots of both strengths and contradictions of the modern-day sustainability movement in his history of urban activism through neighborhood preservation, food production and consumption, and urban redevelopment. . . Far from being a narrow study of [Seattle], this engaging book deserves a wide readership among scholars interested in the history of environmentalism, cities and the urban environment, and postwar political activism."
—Western Historical Quarterly
“With lucid prose and engaging examples, Jeffrey Sanders offers a case study of Seattle, where a diverse group of people combined to generate an inordinate number of enduring reforms. He shows that many of the practices we associate with sustainability emerged between 1965 and 1985, and did so with special force in urban neighborhoods, where individuals were united by concern for their immediate surroundings and as consumers of resources. This book urges that we pay as much attention to cities as we do to wilderness, forests, and national parks, and as much attention to the local as we do to the global.”
—John M. Findlay, University of Washington, Seattle
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