The great acceleration : an environmental history of the Anthropocene since 1945 / J. R. McNeill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNeill, J. R.

Engelke, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--20th century.

Nature.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--21st century.

Human ecology--History--20th century.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--History--21st century.

Global environmental change--History--20th century.

Global environmental change.

Global environmental change--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([viii], 264 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780674970748

0674970748

9780674970731

067497073X

OCLC:

979747602