The Palgrave Environmental Reader explores America's evolving
fascination with nature and environmental concerns. From the New England
Transcendentalists to the UN convention on climate change, this book
includes works by Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Theodore
Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson, and others. Consisting of
thirty-five important pieces covering a variety of issues, this reader
distinguishes itself from other writing on the subject by presenting
more extensive excerpts and by emphasizing themes such as environmental
activism, racism, and law.