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Environment : an interdisciplinary anthology / selected, edited, and with introductions by Glenn Adelson ... [et al.] ; illustrations editor, Erin Sheley.
Publication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2008.Description: xxviii, 950 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300110777 (pbk.) :
- 0300110774 (pbk.) :
- 030012614X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780300110777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- GE40 .E548 2008
Contents:
Interconnections: Cross-Listed Selections for Chapters in Part One, Concepts and Case Studies -- Why Environmental Studies? -- The Design and Use of This Book -- Overture: Nature and Human Perception -- Pt. 1. Concepts and Case Studies -- 1. Climate Shock -- 2. Species in Danger: Three Case Studies -- 3. Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Future -- 4. Biotechnology and Genetically Manipulated Organisms: Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly -- 5. The Paradox of Sustainable Development -- 6. Deforestation -- 7. War and Peace: Security at Stake -- 8. Globalization Is Environmental -- 9. What Is Wilderness and Do We Need It? -- 10. The Urban Environment: Calcutta and Los Angeles -- Pt. 2. Foundational Disciplines and Topics -- I. Biological Interactions -- 11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology -- 12. Soil and Agriculture -- 13. Air and Water -- 14. Energy -- 15. Toxicology -- II. Human Dimensions -- 16. The Inner Life -- 17. Ethics, Philosophy, Gender -- 18. Poetry -- 19. History and the Environment -- 20. Nature Writing -- III. Social Connections -- 21. Politics and Public Policy -- 22. Law and Environmental Justice -- 23. Economics -- 24. Human Population -- 25. Anthropology -- 26. Conviction and Action.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interconnections: Cross-Listed Selections for Chapters in Part One, Concepts and Case Studies -- Why Environmental Studies? -- The Design and Use of This Book -- Overture: Nature and Human Perception -- Pt. 1. Concepts and Case Studies -- 1. Climate Shock -- 2. Species in Danger: Three Case Studies -- 3. Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Future -- 4. Biotechnology and Genetically Manipulated Organisms: Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly -- 5. The Paradox of Sustainable Development -- 6. Deforestation -- 7. War and Peace: Security at Stake -- 8. Globalization Is Environmental -- 9. What Is Wilderness and Do We Need It? -- 10. The Urban Environment: Calcutta and Los Angeles -- Pt. 2. Foundational Disciplines and Topics -- I. Biological Interactions -- 11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology -- 12. Soil and Agriculture -- 13. Air and Water -- 14. Energy -- 15. Toxicology -- II. Human Dimensions -- 16. The Inner Life -- 17. Ethics, Philosophy, Gender -- 18. Poetry -- 19. History and the Environment -- 20. Nature Writing -- III. Social Connections -- 21. Politics and Public Policy -- 22. Law and Environmental Justice -- 23. Economics -- 24. Human Population -- 25. Anthropology -- 26. Conviction and Action.
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