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The State of the Earth: Environmental Challenges on the Road to 2100
Paul K. Conkin Ph.D.
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Description for The State of the Earth: Environmental Challenges on the Road to 2100
Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive analysis of the many environmental hazards that humans need to face. This book not only evaluates the challenges but recognizes the successes of concerned individuals and organizations in creating awareness and in supporting policies that will best preserve a healthy earth. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of humans have threatened the delicate environmental balance that sustains life on this planet. The past century may be remembered not as a period of great progress but as one marked by unrestrained consumption and failure to come close to a sustainable use of the earth's limited natural resources. In The State of the Earth, noted historian Paul K. Conkin provides a ... Read more
The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of humans have threatened the delicate environmental balance that sustains life on this planet. The past century may be remembered not as a period of great progress but as one marked by unrestrained consumption and failure to come close to a sustainable use of the earth's limited natural resources. In The State of the Earth, noted historian Paul K. Conkin provides a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124117
SKU
V9780813124117
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About Paul K. Conkin Ph.D.
Paul K. Conkin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Vanderbilt University, is the author of numerous books, including The Southern Agrarians and When All the Gods Trembled: Darwinism, Scopes, and American Intellectuals.
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