Switzer, Jacqueline Vaughn

Provides an overview of the history of environmental activism since 1900, discusses specific controversies, the issue of ecoterrorism, and global conservation efforts, and includes a chronology of activist events, profiles of significant people and organizations, a selection of primary source documents, and resources for further study.

Examines how people with disabilities have been treated from a social, legal, and political perspective and identifies the programs and laws that have been enacted over the past fifty years and how they have impacted people with disabilities.