The Five Horsemen of the Modern World : : Climate, Food, Water, Disease, and Obesity /

The Five Horsemen of the Modern World : : Climate, Food, Water, Disease, and Obesity / / Daniel Callahan.

In recent decades, we have seen five perilous and interlocking trends dominate global discourse: irreversible climate change, extreme food and water shortages, rising chronic illnesses, and rampant obesity. Why can't we make any progress in counteracting these problems despite vast expenditures...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Callahan, Daniel,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 20 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. Mapping an Irregular Terrain
  • 1. Our Overheating, Fraying Planet
  • 2. Feeding a Growing Population
  • 3. Water
  • 4. Chronic Illness
  • 5. Obesity
  • II. Examining The Pathways Through The Tickets
  • 6. Always More People and Ever More Elderly
  • 7. The Technology Fix
  • 8. A Volatile Mix
  • 9. Law and Governance
  • III. Toward The Future: Progress, Hope, and Fear
  • 10. Progress and Its Errant Children
  • 11. The Necessary Coalition
  • Notes
  • Index

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