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Synopsis
Environmentalists have often blamed Protestantism for justifying the human exploitation of nature, but the author of this cultural history argues that, in America, hard-boiled industrialists and passionate environmentalists sprang from the same Protestant root. Protestant Christianity Calvinism especially both helped industrialists like James J Hill rationalise their utilisation of nature for economic profit and led environmental advocates like John Muir to call for the preservation of unspoiled wilderness. Biographical vignettes examine American thinkers, industrialists, and environmentalists Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Smith, William Gilpin, Leland Stanford, Gifford Pinchot, Aldo Leopold, and others whose lives show the development of ideas and attitudes that have profoundly shaped Americans' use of and respect for nature. The final chapter looks at several contemporary figures James Watt, Annie Dillard, and Dave Foreman whose careers exemplify the recent Protestant thought and behaviour and their impact on the environment.
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About the Author
Mark Stoll is assistant professor of environmental history at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
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Enlightening... Stoll's excellent study brings to our attention an important wellspring of the environmental movement. -- Environmental History, April 1998
Excellent... Lucid and free of jargon... An engaging writer.... Delightful... Stoll's boldness makes for a lively, provocative, and controversial book. -- Journal of American History, March 1998
His approach is so rich and his scope is so grand,... yet the basic premise is thoroughly convincing. -- American Historical Review, February 1999
Stoll's book promises to reframe that debate. It is an important work and deserves to be read. -- New Mexico Historical Review, July 1998
Stoll's goal is to provide a balanced and nuanced description of the influence of American Protestantism on the environment. -- Choice, October 1997
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- PublisherUniv of New Mexico Pr
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0826317804
- ISBN 13 9780826317803
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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