Green Voices: Defending Nature and the Environment in American Civic Discourse

Product Description Essays addressing relatively unknown or unexamined speeches delivered by famous or influential environmental figures. Review “Overall, Green Voices is a strong collection that will be especially interesting to environmental communication scholars trained in methods of public address and rhetorical criticism … The primary contribution of this collection is that it maps the rhetorical history of the U.S. environmental movement through key case studies and demonstrates the fruitful area of study available to those interested in the urgent environmental advocacy of public speech.” ― Rhetoric & Public Affairs “The richly researched chapters are written in a scholarly and highly readable format, making this work accessible to a variety of audiences.” ― CHOICE About the Author Richard D. Besel is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and coeditor (with Jnan A. Blau) of Performance on Behalf of the Environment. Bernard K. Duffy is Professor and Department Chair of Communication Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and coeditor (with Richard W. Leeman) of The Will of a People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches.