Issue Twenty-Eight (7, 4), December, 1996

Table of Contents

 

House Organ 1

Essay

The Commodity that is Eating the World: The

Automobile, the Environment, and Capitalism

By Peter Freund and George Martin 3

Street Ecology

NASA's Manna from Heaven
By Mike Davis 31

Environmental Justice

Ecological Legitimacy and Cultural Essentialism:
Hispano Grazing in the Southwest
By Laura Pulido 37

Thinkers

Frederick Soddy: Scientist, Economist and
An Examination of his Politics
By Linda Merricks 59

Urban Ecology

Of Cars, Sustainability and Equity: A Canadian
Case Study

By Ted Schrecker 81

Ripples In Clio's Pond

Now That the Big Trees Are Down
By J. Donald Hughes 100

Nature Prospects

Bike Dreams

By Kate Soper 106

Briefs

Capitalism and Reproduction

By Mariarosa Dalla Costa 111 Myth, Politics, and the Global/Local Debate
By Ernest García 121

Teaching Political Ecology

Pulp Mills, Fish Contamination, and Fish Eaters:
A Participatory Workshop on the Politics of
Expert Knowledge

By Michael Gismondi and Joan Sherman 127

Review Essay

Buffalo Commons: A Range of Possibilities

By Douglas Bevington 138

Book Reviews

Gary Paul Nabban and Stephen Trinble: The Geography

of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places

By Tim Shroshane 146

Laura Westra and Peter S. Wenz, ed.: Faces of Environ-

mental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice

By Marsha J. Brofka 148

John Gray: Beyond the New Right: Markets,

Government and the Common Environment

By Trevor Purvis 149

Darrow Schecter: Radical Theories: Paths Beyond

Marxism and Social Democracy

By aAssociation of America (RPAA), Colin Hay 152

Book Note 154

We at CNS are grateful for the support of the Division of Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz; the financial assistance of the Center for Political Ecology, Sustainers and Members, and Guilford Publications; and the labors of our dedicated volunteers.