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Sustainability : A History.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199372416
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: SustainabilityDDC classification:
  • 338.9/2709
LOC classification:
  • GE195.C379 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Loath This Growth: Sources of Sustainability in the Early Modern World -- 2. The Industrial Revolution and Its Discontents -- 3. Eco-Warriors: The Environmental Movement and the Growth of Ecological Wisdom, 1960s-1970s -- 4. Eco-Nomics -- 5. From Concept to Movement -- 6. Sustainability Today: 2000-Present -- 7. The Future: 10 Challenges for Sustainability -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An engaging primer of the history of the sustainability movement from the 1600s to the present day, illuminating how sustainability evolved from a relatively marginal idea to the centerpiece of international accords, a top priority for governments and non-profit organizations, and a philosophy of hope and resilience with widespread appeal.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Loath This Growth: Sources of Sustainability in the Early Modern World -- 2. The Industrial Revolution and Its Discontents -- 3. Eco-Warriors: The Environmental Movement and the Growth of Ecological Wisdom, 1960s-1970s -- 4. Eco-Nomics -- 5. From Concept to Movement -- 6. Sustainability Today: 2000-Present -- 7. The Future: 10 Challenges for Sustainability -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

An engaging primer of the history of the sustainability movement from the 1600s to the present day, illuminating how sustainability evolved from a relatively marginal idea to the centerpiece of international accords, a top priority for governments and non-profit organizations, and a philosophy of hope and resilience with widespread appeal.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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