Nature, Choice and Social Power:
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1. Verfasser: Schoenberger, Erica (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2014
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Beschreibung:Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: nature, choice and social power; Part I Mining: earth and water; 1 Mining nature; 2 Miners; 3 Why is gold valuable?; Part II The car and suburban sprawl: air and fire; 4 Henry Ford's car; 5 Sprawl; 6 Los Angeles: a brief biography; Conclusion: social power, choice and nature; References; Index
We are at an environmental impasse. Many blame our personal choices about the things we consume and the way we live. This is only part of the problem. Different forms of social power - political, economic and ideological - structure the choices we have available. This book analyses how we make social and environmental history and why we end up where we do. Using case studies from different environmental domains - earth and water, air and fire - Nature, Choice and Social Power examines the form that social power takes and how it can harm the environment and hinder our efforts to act in our own b
Beschreibung:236 pages
ISBN:9781135051587
1135051585

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