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The great acceleration : an environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945, J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke
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- Summary
- "This book explains the scale, scope, pace, and character of environmental change around the world since the middle of the twentieth century as well as the reasons behind it. From the biology of the deep ocean to the chemistry of the stratosphere, and almost everywhere in between, human actions have led to ecological alterations great and small. While our species has exerted environmental impacts, occasionally substantial ones since the Paleolithic, never before has humankind had such an impact on the Earth. A massive uncontrolled experiment is underway. Where it might lead, no one can yet say. The reasons behind this environmental tumult are sometimes obvious and sometimes obscure. This book highlights the role of the modern energy system and the economic growth it has fostered, but pays heed as well to population growth, urbanization, migration, the Cold War, and environmentalisms, among other trends and phenomena that affected the global environment. The pace of indicators such as energy use, population growth, species extinctions, fresh water use, carbon dioxide emissions, and many more has led some students of environmental change to label the period after 1950 as The Great Acceleration. This book argues that concept is valid. In addition, it argues that the scale and scope of environmental change have altered basic biogeochemical cycles to the point where the Earth has entered a new period in its history: the Anthropocene. Humankind, too, has entered a new age in which it rivals natural forces in shaping the Earth, its biota, its climate, and its prospects."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Note
- Originally published as Chapter 3 of Global Interdependence : the world after 1945 / edited by Akira Iriye. Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014
- Contents
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- Energy and population
- Climate and biological diversity
- Cities and the economy
- Cold war and environmental culture
- Isbn
- 9780674545038
- Label
- The great acceleration : an environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945
- Title
- The great acceleration
- Title remainder
- an environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945
- Statement of responsibility
- J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke
- Subject
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- Human ecology -- History -- 21st century
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on | History -- 20th century
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on | History -- 21st century
- Global environmental change -- History -- 20th century
- Global environmental change -- History -- 21st century
- trueHuman ecology -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book explains the scale, scope, pace, and character of environmental change around the world since the middle of the twentieth century as well as the reasons behind it. From the biology of the deep ocean to the chemistry of the stratosphere, and almost everywhere in between, human actions have led to ecological alterations great and small. While our species has exerted environmental impacts, occasionally substantial ones since the Paleolithic, never before has humankind had such an impact on the Earth. A massive uncontrolled experiment is underway. Where it might lead, no one can yet say. The reasons behind this environmental tumult are sometimes obvious and sometimes obscure. This book highlights the role of the modern energy system and the economic growth it has fostered, but pays heed as well to population growth, urbanization, migration, the Cold War, and environmentalisms, among other trends and phenomena that affected the global environment. The pace of indicators such as energy use, population growth, species extinctions, fresh water use, carbon dioxide emissions, and many more has led some students of environmental change to label the period after 1950 as The Great Acceleration. This book argues that concept is valid. In addition, it argues that the scale and scope of environmental change have altered basic biogeochemical cycles to the point where the Earth has entered a new period in its history: the Anthropocene. Humankind, too, has entered a new age in which it rivals natural forces in shaping the Earth, its biota, its climate, and its prospects."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McNeill, John Robert
- Dewey number
- 304.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Engelke, Peter
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nature
- Nature
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Global environmental change
- Global environmental change
- Label
- The great acceleration : an environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945, J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke
- Note
- Originally published as Chapter 3 of Global Interdependence : the world after 1945 / edited by Akira Iriye. Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Energy and population -- Climate and biological diversity -- Cities and the economy -- Cold war and environmental culture
- Control code
- 000057433470
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674545038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other control number
- 99967631189
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950398925
- Label
- The great acceleration : an environmental history of the anthropocene since 1945, J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke
- Note
- Originally published as Chapter 3 of Global Interdependence : the world after 1945 / edited by Akira Iriye. Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Energy and population -- Climate and biological diversity -- Cities and the economy -- Cold war and environmental culture
- Control code
- 000057433470
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674545038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 99967631189
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950398925
Subject
- Human ecology -- History -- 21st century
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on | History -- 20th century
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on | History -- 21st century
- Global environmental change -- History -- 20th century
- Global environmental change -- History -- 21st century
- trueHuman ecology -- History -- 20th century
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