Ruskin and Environment: The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century

by Michael Wheeler (Editor)

Scholars of literature, history, and geography offer eight commissioned essays on John Ruskin's (1819-1900) environmental concerns and their relevance today. Ruskin in mostly know as a Victorian English art critic and social theorist, but he also was a keen observer of the natural world and the impact of industrialism and urbanization on it. He argued against railways, tourism, river pollution, and acid rain; and for maintaining ancient buildings and improving sanitation in the slums. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

202 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1995