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2018 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Bookchin wrote Our Synthetic Environment under the pseudonym Lewis Herber. This was one of the first books of the modern period in which an author espoused an ecological and environmentalist worldview. It predates Silent Spring (1962) by Rachel Carson, a more widely known book on the same topic widely credited as starting the environmental movement. "At the time of its publication, Our Synthetic Environment was the most comprehensive and enlightened book on the environmental crisis. Many other books on this topic have been published since, but none, I believe, as comprehensive." --René Dubos

ISBN-13: 9781684222339

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Martino Fine Books

Publication Date: 07-11-2018

Pages: 328

Product Dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.73(d)

Murray Bookchin (1921 – 2006) was an American anarchist, political philosopher, trade-union organizer, and educator. A pioneer in the environmental movement, Bookchin formulated and developed the theory of social ecology and urban planning, within anarchist, libertarian socialist, and ecological thought. He was the author of two dozen books covering topics in politics, philosophy, history, urban affairs, and social ecology. Among the most important were Our Synthetic Environment (1962),Post-Scarcity Anarchism & (1971), The Ecology of Freedom (1982) and Urbanization Without Cities (1987). His ideas influenced many modern social movements since the 1960s, including the New Left, the anti-nuclear movement, the anti-globalization movement, and Occupy Wall Street, among others.

Table of Contents

Introduction Bill McKibben 1

Chapter 1 The Problem 13

Chapter 2 Agriculture and Health 40

Chapter 3 Urban Life and Health 70

Chapter 4 The Problem of Chemicals in Food 95

Chapter 5 Environment and Cancer 126

Chapter 6 Radiation and Human Health 157

Chapter 7 Human Ecology 196

Chapter 8 Health and Society 218

Appendixes 245