The Great Acceleration : : An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945 / / J. R. McNeill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
• VerfasserIn: McNeill, J. R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph, 6 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Energy and Population --; 2. Climate and Biological Diversity --; 3. Cities and the Economy --; 4. Cold War and Environmental Culture --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674970731; 9783110485103; 9783110485189; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674970731
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. R. McNeill.

The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age-the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet's biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment.