| Description |
viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
The reference shelf ; v. 71, no. 4 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 71, no. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index. |
| Contents |
Historical roots of our ecologic crisis / Lynn White -- 2000: Planet Earth at the crossroads / Jim Motavalli -- The great environmentalists: cultural stereotypes and the environmental movement / Gordon Straw -- Race, poverty, and the environment: the disadvantaged face greater risks / B. Bryant and P. Mohai -- Overview of social ecology / Janet Biehl -- Comments on the international social ecology network gathering and the "Deep Social Ecology" of John Clark / Murray |
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Bookchin -- Empire and the ecological apocalypse: the historiography of the imperial environment / John M. MacKenzie -- The carbon cycle, climate, and the long-term effects of fossil fuel burning / James F. Kasting -- Global warming: the origin and nature of the alleged scientific consensus / Richard S. Lindzen -- A dying planet? How the media have scared the public / Julian Simon -- Impacts of a projected depletion of the ozone layer / Frank R. DeGrujil -- Do we still |
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need nature? The importance of biological diversity / Anthony C. Janetos -- There's no going back to nature / Walter Truett Anderson -- The making of a dissident / John Terborgh -- Conversations: Paul and Anne Ehrlich / Jim Motavalli -- From a carbon economy to a mixed economy: a global opportunity / Richard C. Rockwell -- Five hundred year plan / Randy Hayes -- Incentive systems that support sustainability: a First Nations example / Ronald L. Trosper. |
| Subject |
Pollution.
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Human ecology.
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| Added Author |
Moran, Edward.
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| ISBN |
0824209656 alkaline paper |
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