The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation - Tapa blanda

"Adam Rome's genial new book . . . brings to life another era. We're as distant from Earth Day as the Battle of Gettysburg was from James Monroe's reëlection, and Rome evokes a United States that feels, politically, like a foreign country . . . In Rome's view, the original Earth Day remains a model of effective political organizing." --Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker

"A fascinating treatment of both environmentalism and the structure of activism at the time." --Kirkus Reviews

"Rome's retelling of the hopeful origins of Earth Day and its early successes contain an important lesson for today. The social movements and anti-war crusades that swept through the country in the 1960s and '70s and the movement to promote respect for the natural world demonstrate the tremendous power of activism and grass-roots organizing." --The Post-Courier (Charleston, SC)

"This is not just history--it's a highly useful guidebook for anyone trying now to summon the same passion and build the same movement that shook up the world in 1970!" --Bill McKibben, author of Home and Away: Jail Cells, Beehives, and the Fight for a Working Planet

"Adam Rome has written the first serious history of the largest demonstration in American history--and it is likely to be the definitive one. His wise and captivating narrative explains the roots and remarkable success of Earth Day and should be required reading for anyone who struggles to prevent climate change today." --Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation