| Description |
xii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Problem ; Why bother? ; Etiology of ecocide ; chapter outline -- Part I : Human odyssey : from biological to cultural evolution -- Beginnings ; From tree shrews to primates ; Fire use and dietary changes ; Rise of modern humans ; Megafauna extinction ; Pivotal role of language -- Part II : Problematic society--nature relations before the modern era -- Neolithic revolution ; Ecological blunders of antiquity : Mesopotamians, Southwest Asia : 3700 BCE to 1600 BCE ; Greeks, Mediterranean : 770 BCE to 30 BCE ; Romans, Mediterranean : 500 BCE to 500 CE ; Chaco Anasazi, Northwestern New Mexico : 700 CE to 1300 CE ; Mayas, Mesoamerica : 200 CE to 900 CE ; Easter Islanders, Rapa Nui : 700 CE to 1700 CE -- Part III : Modern assault on nature : the making of ecocide -- Capitalist system : a brief historical and sociological overview ; Rise of scientific and technological thinking ; Capitalist ethos : ecological and social values ; Social and ecological implications of the Columbian exchange ; Enslavement of land and nature ; Early modern fur trade ; Mass slaughter of the North American bison ; Rise of commercial whaling -- Part IV : Planet as sacrifice zone -- Enclosure of the commons : a global phenomenon ; Industrial Revolution ; Ecology and modern warfare ; Ecocide and modern warfare ; Planet as national sacrifice zone ; Planet as demographic sacrifice zone -- Part V : Ecocide and globalization -- Impact of globalism ; Poverty and ecocide ; Terminal grand buffet? ; Ecocide and the global treadmill of production ; Failure of environmental education ; Ideological turn ; Currents of ecological democracy ; Imperatives of ecological democracy ; Envisioning an equitable global commons -- Epilogue : Living in the age of ecocide. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Extinction (Biology)
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Biodiversity conservation -- Social aspects.
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| ISBN |
0745319351 |
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0745319343 paperback |
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