McGregor, Russell (2019) Book review of "Nature Study and Environmental Concern: a history of school nature study in Australia" by D.Kass. London, UK, Routledge, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-1386-505-1. History Australia, 16 (2). pp. 420-421.

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Abstract

[Extract] Dorothy Kass's book is a welcome addition to the history of both environmental attitudes and educational reform in Australia. Its primary focus – nature study in schools in the early twentieth century – is a topic few Australian historians have noticed, let alone scrutinised closely as this book does. Indeed, with a few notable exceptions, the shaping of environmental attitudes in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australia is a field seldom visited by historians in this country. In this, it contrasts sharply with the United States of America where the environmentalism of the Progressive Era has long attracted historians' interest.

Item ID:	59772
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	1833-4881
Keywords:	Environmental history, Environmental education
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2019 00:01
FoR Codes:	21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2103 Historical Studies > 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) @ 100%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 100%
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