Environment
An Interdisciplinary Anthology
1st Edition
Published on 21. January 2008
100 pages
978-0-300-15031-5 (ISBN)
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Content
- Intro
- Brief Contents
- 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
- Part One: 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
- Part Two: Foundational Disciplines and Topics
- I. Biological Interactions
- 11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- 12. Soil and Argiculture
- 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
- Coda
- 26. Conviction and Action
- Web Connections
- About the Editors
- Acknowledgments
- Selection Credits
- Index
