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.