A History of the Australian Environment Movement

by Drew Hutton, Libby Connors

This book traces the environment movement in Australia from the first visionaries who pressed for preservation of native fauna and for sanitation in cities to a mass social movement that challenges the most powerful interests in society. It covers the major environmental issues that have been at the forefront of Australian politics since the 1960s.

348 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 1999

Reviews

[Joel D · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a useful and informative book. Certainly I learnt a lot from it, and it has made me think. However, it is very dry. The first part is almost unreadable, even when the book treats fascinating source material, it renders it jejune and bland. The reader still learns things and is interested, but no apparent effort is made to create a narrative, to add colour, to add interest. I recently finished a history of the Civil Rights Movement, by Taylor Branch, and it's very clear to me that history can be more compelling than the finest fictional piece - unfortunately, this book doesn't achieve such.