ISBN:
9780199844968
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Worster, Donald, 1941 - Shrinking the earth
DDC:
304.2097
Keywords:
Nature Effect of human beings on
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Human ecology North America
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History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Donald Worster engages with key political, economic, and environmental thinkers while presenting his own interpretation of the role of capitalism and government in issues of wealth, abundance, and scarcity. Acknowledging the earth's agency throughout human history, Shrinking the Earth offers a compelling explanation of how we have arrived where we are today and a hopeful way forward on a planet that is no longer as large as it once was.
Abstract:
Cover -- Shrinking the Earth -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Images of Earth -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Gatsby's Green Light -- Part I Second Earth -- Chapter 1: The Discovery of Natural Abundance -- Chapter 2: Many Revolutions Follow -- Chapter 3: Ultimately, Stability -- Field trip: Nantucket Island -- Part II After the Frontier -- Chapter 4: The Watershed -- Chapter 5: Land of Coal and Steel -- Chapter 6: The Resourceful State -- Field trip: Imperial Valley -- Part III Planet of Limits -- Chapter 7: Plunder and Plenty -- Chapter 8: The Wolf at the Door -- Chapter 9: Earth's Boundaries -- Field trip: Athabasca River -- Epilogue -- Life on a Pale Blue Dot -- Notes -- Index.
