This major new book is the first global history of environmentalism, from its origins in the late 18th century to the global environmental movements of today. The book is very clear and accessible, and is richly illustrated with examples from around the world.

Contents Preface to the English Edition Introduction: The Green Chameleon Chapter One: Environmentalism before the Environmental Movement 1. Good Mother Nature and the 'Appalling Wood Shortage': The Twin Face of Nature in the Decline of the Commons 2. Nature in Need of Protection and Nature as Healing Power: Environmental Activism in the 'Nervous Age' 3. 'The Desert Threatens': Environmental Fears in the Age of Crisis - the New Deal and Nazi Germany 4. Think Big! A Charismatic Intermezzo on the Olympian Heights Chapter Two: The Great Chain Reaction: the 'Ecological Revolution' in and around 1970 Chapter Three: Networked Thinking and Practical Priorities: an Endless Interplay 1. On the Ecology of Ecologism 2. Water and the Atom 3. Changing Priorities: the Movement in Motion Chapter Four: Charismatics and Ecocrats 1. Spiritual Quest and Charismatic Moments 2. Ten Heroines Embodying Tensions in the Movement 3. Institutionalization, Routinization, Revitalization Chapter Five: A Friend-Enemy or Win-Win Scenario? 1. From Nuclear Power to the Spotted Owl 2. Violence and the Green Conscience 3. Ecology and Economics: the Challenge of Conceptual Analogy Chapter Six: Ecology and the Historic Turn of 1990 - From Social Justice to Climate Justice? Conclusion: The Dialectic of Green Enlightenment