The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age (History for a Sustainable Future) - Softcover

Buch 6 von 7: History for a Sustainable Future

Jarrige, Francois; Le Roux, Thomas

 
9780262542739: The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age (History for a Sustainable Future)
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ISBN 10: 0262542730 ISBN 13: 9780262542739
Verlag: The MIT Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century.

Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has been accompanied by the spread of industrial pollution. As our capacities for production and our aptitude for consumption have increased, so have their byproducts--chemical contamination from fertilizers and pesticides, diesel emissions, oil spills, a vast "plastic continent" found floating in the ocean. The Contamination of the Earth offers a social and political history of industrial pollution, mapping its trajectories over three centuries, from the toxic wastes of early tanneries to the fossil fuel energy regime of the twentieth century.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

François Jarrige is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Burgundy's Georges Chevrier Centre. Thomas Le Roux is a tenured Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), based at the Centre for Historical Research in the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (CRH-EHESS) in Paris.

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Verlag
The MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262542730
ISBN 13 
9780262542739
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Anzahl der Seiten
480
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