Environmental Thought. Robin Attfield

      Copyright © Robin Attfield 2021

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      First published in 2021 by Polity Press

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      Cover illustration: Tanagra Darwini, plate 34 from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle 1832–36, by Charles Darwin (1809–92), 1840 (colour litho), English School, (19th century) / Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, Paris / © Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images.

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3667-2

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      Names: Attfield, Robin, author.

      Title: Environmental thought : a short history / Robin Attfield.

      Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “An ambitious and wide-ranging synthesis of the history of environmental thought by a leading philosopher”-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020030005 (print) | LCCN 2020030006 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509536658 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509536665 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509536672 (epub) | ISBN 9781509546350 (adobe pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Environmentalism--History. | Environmentalism--Philosophy.

      Classification: LCC GE195 .A88 2021 (print) | LCC GE195 (ebook) | DDC 304.209--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020030005 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020030006

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