Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index.

1. Introduction. Measures of American Environmentalism. What Is Environmentalism? Our Approach: Models and Variation, Beliefs and Values. Non-Western Models of the Environment. Structure of the Book -- 2. Background. Our Anthropological Methods. Global Environmental Changes -- 3. Cultural Models of Nature. Model of Human Reliance on a Limited World. Models of Nature as Interdependent, Balanced, and Unpredictable. Models of the Causes of Environmental Concern. Origins of Cultural Models of Nature -- 4. Cultural Models of Weather and the Atmosphere. Global Warming Incorporated into Existing Concepts. Perceptions of Weather -- 5. Environmental Values. Religious and Spiritual Values. Anthropocentric Values. Biocentric Values -- 6. Cultural Models and Policy Reasoning. Volunteered Policies. Post-briefing Policy Discussion. Models of Institutions -- 7. Case Studies of Influential Specialists. Why Pick Specialists? Congressional Staff. Advocates -- 8. Patterns of Agreement and Disagreement. Patterns of Agreement. Expected versus Actual Patterns of Agreement. Consensus Beliefs and Values. Points of Dissension. Variation and Environmental Groups -- 9. Implications of Our Findings. Findings. Is the United States Unusual? General and Theoretical Questions. Practical Advice -- Appendix A: How We Gathered and Analyzed the Data -- Appendix B: Informant Demographics -- Appendix C: Interview Protocol and Survey Questionnaire -- Appendix D: Case Studies of Citizens.