| Book Review | Environmental History, 9.4

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| Book Review | Environmental History, 9.4 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Labor and the Environmental Movement: The Quest for Common Ground. By Brian K. Obach. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004. x + 338 pp. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $27.00.

Obach approaches his subject personally, as a labor and environmental activist, and professionally, as a sociologist. The book seems to be aimed primarily at those three audiences. He begins by describing the conflict he felt marching with environmentalists during the Redwood Summer demonstrations in 1990, when his group was confronted by counter-protesters who were concerned about losing their jobs. The experience of being the target of worker protest motivated him to try to understand the relationships between unions and the environmental movement, in the hope that this understanding would help to create a "just and sustainable economy." Obach ably utilizes organizational theory and qualitative as well as quantitative research techniques toward that practical end.

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