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Book SynopsisIn Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in Northern America academics from various fields such as anthropology, art history, cultural studies, environmental science, history, political science, and sociology explore society–nature interactions in – culturally as well as ecologically – one of the most diverse regions of the world.
Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary of Terms List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Climates and Cultures in Northern America - Bernd Sommer Part 1: Ideas 1 The “American Way of Life” and US Views on Climate Change and the Environment - Roland Benedikter, Eugene Cordero and Anne Marie Todd 2 From Conservationists to Environmentalists: The American Environmental Movement - Angela G. Mertig 3 The Role of Norms for US Foreign Climate Policy - Frederic Hanusch Part 2: Past 4 North American Climate History - Samuel White, Kenneth M. Sylvester and Richard Tucker 5 Hurricanes in New Orleans: Disaster Migration and Adaptation, 718–1794 - Eleonora Rohland 6 The Landscapes of Man: Ecological and Cultural Change before Hurricane Katrina - Demetrius L. Eudell Part 3: Present 7 Science (and Policy) Friction: How Mass Media Shape US American Climate Discourses - Maxwell T. Boykofff and Michael K. Goodman 8 “Save Ga$. Ride this Bus”: Racialised Poverty, Violence and Climate Change in Urban America - Jürgen Heinrichs 9 Climate Change Beliefs and Climate-relevant Behaviour at the Northern US West Coast: A Practice Theoretical Analysis - Karin Schürmann 10 A New Clayoquot? Examining the Convergence of First Nations and Environmental NGO s in Vancouver’s Anti-Pipeline Protests - Omer Aijazi and Martin David Part 4: Prospects 11 Incorporating Climate Change Remedies into Community Development in Greenland - Naotaka Hayashi 12 Cultural Dynamics of Adaptation to Climate Change: An Example from the East Coast of the US - Grit Martinez and Michael J. Paolisso 13 “Back to the Future”: Imagining Climate Change Futures in US American Literature - Antonia Mehnert Bibliography Index
