{"product_id":"the-genius-of-earth-day-how-a-1970-teach-in-unexpectedly-made-the-first-green-generation-paperback","title":"The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Rome\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRome's genial new book . . . brings to life another era. --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Lemann, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story before.\u003cbr\u003e The story of the first Earth Day is inspiring: it had a power, a freshness, and a seriousness of purpose that are difficult to imagine today. Earth Day 1970 created an entire green generation. Thousands of Earth Day organizers and participants decided to devote their lives to the environmental cause. Earth Day 1970 helped to build a lasting eco-infrastructure--lobbying organizations, environmental beats at newspapers, environmental-studies programs, ecology sections in bookstores, community ecology centers.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Earth Day\u003c\/i\u003e, the prizewinning historian Adam Rome offers a compelling account of the rise of the environmental movement. Drawing on his experience as a journalist as well as his expertise as a scholar, he explains why the first Earth Day was so powerful, bringing one of the greatest political events of the twentieth century to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Rome\u003c\/b\u003e teaches environmental history and sustainability studies at the University at Buffalo. Before earning his PhD in history, he worked for seven years as a journalist. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award and the Lewis Mumford Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53834712711501,"sku":"9780865477742","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/MDVuUUJiczl5NVhjZUdCYllBRzZpZz09.webp?v=1777971072","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-genius-of-earth-day-how-a-1970-teach-in-unexpectedly-made-the-first-green-generation-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}