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US Environmental History: Inviting Doomsday

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Description for US Environmental History: Inviting Doomsday Hardback. Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon, as well as growing evidence of global warming, highlight a nation caught in environmental crisis. This book includes 14 illustrations showing environmental destruction both real and imagined. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514. Inviting Doomsday. 256 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon, as well as growing evidence of global warming, highlight a nation caught in environmental crisis. This book includes 14 illustrations showing environmental destruction both real and imagined. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RN. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight: 506.
This book explores America's environmental ruin, past and present. Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon, as well as growing evidence of global warming, highlight a nation caught in environmental crisis. This introduction to America's environmental crisis shows that it is firmly rooted in the past and that today's problems are manifestations of older systems of capitalism, technology and a catastrophe culture. It covers new environmental disasters such as Katrina and Deepwater Horizon. It identifies 'doomsday landscapes' including the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, the 'Fable for ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748622634
SKU
V9780748622634
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99-50

About John Wills
John Wills is a Lecturer in American History at the University of Kent.

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