An Introduction to Environmental Sociology, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis Part 1: Theory Lesson 1: The Social Construction of Nature: Of Computers, Butterflies, Dogs, and Trucks, Stella M. Capek Lesson 2: Theories in Environmental Sociology, Luiz C. Barbosa Part 2: Systemic Causes of Environmental Destruction Lesson 3: The State and Policy: Imperialism, Exclusion, and Ecological Violence as State Policy, David Naguib Pellow Lesson 4: Labor Productivity and the Environment, Allan Schnaiberg Lesson 5: Corporate Power: The Role of the Global Media in Shaping What We Know About the Environment, Elizabeth H. Campbell Lesson 6: The Science of Nature and the Nature of Science, Richard York Lesson 7: Technological Change and the Environment, Kenneth A. Gould Lesson 8: Population, Demography, and the Environment, Diane C. Bates Lesson 9: Energy, Society, and the Environment, Shannon Bell Part 3: Some Social Consequences of Environmental Disruption Lesson 10: Environmental Inequality and Environmental Justice, Michael Mascarenhas Lesson 11: The Sociology of Environmental Health, Sabrina McCormick Lesson 12: Producing and Consuming Food: Justice and Sustainability in a Globalized World?, Jason Konefal and Maki Hatanaka Lesson 13: From Farms to Factories: The Environmental Consequences of Swine Industrialization in North Carolina, Adam Driscoll and Bob Edwards Lesson 14: Understanding Disaster Vulnerability: Floods and Hurricanes, Nicole Youngman Lesson 15: Normalizing the Unthinkable: Climate Denial and Everyday Life, Kari Norgaard Part 4: Some Social Responses to Environmental Disruption Lesson 16: U.S. Environmental Movements, Robert J. Brulle Lesson 17: Labor and the Environment, Brian K. Obach Lesson 18: Environmental Movements in the Global South, Tammy L. Lewis Lesson 19: Indigenous Cultures: Environmental Knowledge, Practice, and Rights, Bahram Tavakolian Lesson 20: The Paradoxes of Sustainable Development: Focus on Ecotourism, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis Conclusion: Unanswered Questions and the Future of Environmental Sociology, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis