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The Future of Nature: Documents of Global Change
Libby Et Al Robin
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Description for The Future of Nature: Documents of Global Change
Paperback. An innovative anthology that offers a global perspective on how people think about predicting the future of life on Earth Editor(s): Robin, Libby; Sorlin, Sverker; Warde, Paul. Num Pages: 592 pages, 44 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNK; TQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
An innovative anthology that offers a global perspective on how people think about predicting the future of life on Earth
This anthology provides an historical overview of the scientific ideas behind environmental prediction and how, as predictions about environmental change have been taken more seriously and widely, they have affected politics, policy, and public perception. Through an array of texts and commentaries that examine the themes of progress, population, environment, biodiversity and sustainability from a global perspective, it explores the meaning of the future in the twenty-first century. Providing access and reference points to the origins and development ... Read more
An innovative anthology that offers a global perspective on how people think about predicting the future of life on Earth
This anthology provides an historical overview of the scientific ideas behind environmental prediction and how, as predictions about environmental change have been taken more seriously and widely, they have affected politics, policy, and public perception. Through an array of texts and commentaries that examine the themes of progress, population, environment, biodiversity and sustainability from a global perspective, it explores the meaning of the future in the twenty-first century. Providing access and reference points to the origins and development ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
822g
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300184617
SKU
V9780300184617
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99-1
About Libby Et Al Robin
Libby Robin is Professor of environmental history in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University and a senior research fellow at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Sverker Sörlin is Professor of environmental history at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and co-founder of the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory. Paul Warde is Reader in ... Read more
Reviews for The Future of Nature: Documents of Global Change
“This book, drawing primarily from a 300-year legacy of Western scientific literatures related to global thinking, gives much-needed historical context for the ongoing development of human conceptions of themselves and the whole Earth in relation to each other."—Julianne Lutz Warren, New York University
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