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A review by elerireads
Sustainability: A History by Jeremy L. Caradonna
4.0
Useful and interesting history of sustainability, putting the current state of things in context and showing how various different schools of thought came together to form the more cohesive movement of today. I really enjoyed the earlier stuff in particular, which was more a history of the concept, and there were some incredibly prescient warnings from surprising sources! I was a bit surprised the Charter of the Forest didn't get a mention though, especially when there was so much about early attempts to protect forests.
This felt phenomenally well-researched and thoroughly referenced (the end came as a bit of a shock because the notes and bibliography were so thick!), but in a few places it did feel a bit dense and dry, so it was possibly a bit overzealous on the rigour, at the cost of some readability. On the whole it was very insightful and I can see it being a useful resource that I dip into from time to time.
This felt phenomenally well-researched and thoroughly referenced (the end came as a bit of a shock because the notes and bibliography were so thick!), but in a few places it did feel a bit dense and dry, so it was possibly a bit overzealous on the rigour, at the cost of some readability. On the whole it was very insightful and I can see it being a useful resource that I dip into from time to time.