Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability : Inventing Ecotopia.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- History of the Urban Environment Series ; v.66 .
- History of the Urban Environment Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue. "The Battle in Seattle" -- Chapter 1. Market -- Chapter 2. Neighborhood -- Chapter 3. Open Space -- Chapter 4. Ecotopia -- Chapter 5. Home -- Epilogue. Commons -- Notes -- Index.
Sanders examines the rise of environmental activism in Seattle amidst the "urban crisis" of the 1960s and its aftermath. Seattle's activists came to influence everything from industry to politics, planning, and global environmental movements.