Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
Series |
Environmentalism and Politics Set |
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Environmentalism and Politics Set
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Contents |
Cover; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Life and Climate; 2. Life Between Greenhouse and Icebox; 3. Environmental Troublemaking; 4. Changing Public Perception of Air Pollution; 5. Agricultural Pollution: The Price of Progress?; 6. Writing on Smoke; 7. The Management of Hazardous Wastes and the Hazards of Wasteful Management; 8. Sheepfarming After Chernobyl: A case study in communicating scientific information; Index |
Summary |
Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides?Dirty Words examines all of these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction, from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler, advice on how to be an environmental troublemaker, and a suggestion of our choice of futures: the world as an icebox or a greenhouse. This entertaining and provocative collection of pieces by a group of environmental experts challenges the reader to |
Notes |
Print version record |
Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781134058891 |
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1134058896 |
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9781134058822 |
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1134058829 |
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