The Great Acceleration : : An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945 / / 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 o...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph, 6 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- 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