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One with Nineveh : politics, consumption, and the human future / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich.

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Lippincott Library HC79.E5 E354 2004
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ehrlich, Paul R.
Contributor:
Ehrlich, Anne H.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sustainable development.
Consumption (Economics).
Overpopulation.
Social justice.
Physical Description:
447 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2004]
Summary:
In "One with Nineveh, acclaimed writers Paul and Anne Ehrlich explore how overpopulation, overconsumption, and political and economic inequity are increasingly determining today's politics and shaping humankind's future. The authors demonstrate the ways these often-neglected factors influence each other, and reveal how we can begin to create a better and more lasting world if we take them seriously into account.
Contents:
Hostages to hubris
The human predicament
The costs of success
The tide of population
The consumption factor
Technology matters
Billions, birthrates, and politics
Consuming less
A culture out of step
Human behavior at the millennium
Sustainable governance in America
Healing a world of wounds.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-427) and index.
ISBN:
1559638796
OCLC:
53441365

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