Search results for ""Author Mark D. Hersey""
The University of Alabama Press Science as Service Establishing and Reformulating
Book SynopsisThe first of a two-volume study that traces the foundation and evolution of America's land-grant institutions. In this expertly curated collection of essays, Alan I. Marcus has assembled a tough-minded account of the successes and set-backs of these institutions during the first sixty-five years of their existence.
£49.40
The University of Alabama Press The Defoliation of America
Book SynopsisProfiles the attitudes, understandings, and motivations of grassroots activists who rose to fight the use of phenoxy herbicides, or Agent Orange chemicals as they are commonly known, in various aspects of American life during the post-WWII era.Trade Review“The Defoliation of America is an extraordinary achievement. Amy Hay argues that protesters fought the use of chemical herbicides in the US and internationally (especially during the Vietnam War). Hay reveals how a diverse group of advocates challenged government, military, and corporate claims that Agent Orange herbicides were safe. More than any other study, The Defoliation of America demonstrates the extent of the widespread use of Agent Orange herbicides in America that coincided with extensive deployment during the Vietnam War and the impassioned protests these actions inspired.”- Frederick Rowe Davis, author of Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology;“The Defoliation of America is a wide-ranging, detailed study of arguably the most important anti-toxics movement in modern American history- the protests against the use of ‘Agent Orange.’ Displaying excellent research, with a focused empathy on the stories of the victims and the activists, this book makes significant contributions to the field of American environmental and anti-toxics activism.”- Robert Gioielli, author of Environmental Activism and the Urban Crisis: Baltimore, St. Louis, Chicago;“A superb telling of the human side of the Agent Orange story, expertly integrating the story of women-led protests of the chemical’s hazardous effects in the US with the history of war in Southeast Asia, racial inequality, and the politicization of science.”- Ellen Griffith Spears, author of Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945;“The Defoliation of America offers a truly new history of chemicals, specifically phenoxy herbicides. It makes a valuable contribution to multiple fields and shows us that grave concern toward chemicals resided as strongly in neighborhoods, churches, and the radio airwaves, as it did in the pages of Silent Spring or demonstrations of Earth Day.”- David D. Vail, author of Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America's Grasslands since 1945.
£36.51
LUP - University of Georgia Press My Work Is That of Conservation
Book SynopsisGeorge Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In My Work Is That of Conservation, Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely - and reductively - known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut.
£999.99
LUP - University of Georgia Press My Work Is That of Conservation An Environmental
Book SynopsisHersey shows that in the hands of pioneers like Carver, Progressive Era agronomy was actually considerably “greener” than is often thought today. He uses Carver’s life story to explore aspects of southern environmental history and to place this important scientist within the early conservation movement.Trade ReviewHersey looks at Carver’s life and contribution from the perspective of his interest in the environment and conservation, love of nature, and desire to help poor black farmers preserve farmland and make sustainable livings . . . Because of Carver’s close associations with poor black tenant farmers, his work and research reveal as much about their lives and struggles in a deeply racist agricultural system as they do about his vision of land conservation and his contributions to the broad context of the ecology movement.|In limiting the book to Carver's environmental concerns, Hersey has reminded us that Carver thought deeply about far more than peanuts, and it restores him within the environmental history of the south and within ecological history in general. Hersey, in clear prose and insightful understanding, has done a great service in raising Carver from the two-dimensional role he usually plays.|This is a spectacular book, deeply researched and gracefully written, which will enrich our understanding of the environmental history of the South and restore George Washington Carver to his rightful place in the history of environmental thought.|Hersey’s book offers a fresh, insightful, and nuanced interpretation of George Washington Carver and fills a significant gap in the growing literature on African American environmental history. The prose is clear and engaging, and it reads extremely well. This is a really good book.|Hersey shows that in the hands of pioneers like Carver, Progressive Era agronomy was actually considerably ‘greener’ than is often thought today. My Work Is That of Conservation uses Carver’s life story to explore aspects of southern environmental history and to place this important scientist within the early conservation movement.|My Work is That of Conservation is a quintessential addition to college and public library American biography collections, and worthy of the highest recommendation.|Mark D. Hersey’s book is gracefully written, exhaustively researched, insightful, and compelling. . . . His work reminds scholars of the importance of the land to understanding the southern past, something pioneers of the field appreciated but their successors forgot. Southern historians and others should put Hersey’s book at the top of their reading list.|There are several biographies of George Washington Carver in print, but this book, although highly specialized and detailed, would also serve for those who haven't read one.
£999.99
