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The human planet : how we created the anthropocene / Simon L. Lewis and Mark A. Maslin.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2018Description: xiii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300232172
  • 0300232179
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GF 75 .L49 2018
Contents:
The meaning of the anthropocene -- The hidden history of the anthropocene -- How to divide geological time -- Down from the trees -- Farming, the first energy revolution -- Globalization 1.0, the modern world -- Fossil fuels, the second energy revolution -- Globalization 2.0, the great acceleration -- Living in epoch-making times -- Defining the anthropocene -- How we became a force of nature -- Can homo dominatus become wise?
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection GF 75 .L49 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C20036554

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-448) and index.

The meaning of the anthropocene -- The hidden history of the anthropocene -- How to divide geological time -- Down from the trees -- Farming, the first energy revolution -- Globalization 1.0, the modern world -- Fossil fuels, the second energy revolution -- Globalization 2.0, the great acceleration -- Living in epoch-making times -- Defining the anthropocene -- How we became a force of nature -- Can homo dominatus become wise?

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