An Environmental History of Twentieth-Century Britain.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

John Sheail. An Environmental History of Twentieth-Century Britain. New York: Palgrave. 2002. Pp. x, 306. $72.00. ISBN 0-333-94980-3.

In the closing pages of this book, John Sheail credits Tony Blair with affirming John Redwood's characterization of the British people. In his address to the Confederation of British Industry and Green Alliance, the New Labour Prime Minister eschewed revolution and called for a reawakening of a greener world consciousness. This episode clearly appeals to Sheail's pragmatic approach to environmental history: the conflation of political parties; the ...

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