LEADER 03863nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910788303903321 005 20230803032535.0 010 $a0-8135-5439-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813554396 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060390 035 $a(EBL)1295121 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000918698 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11487455 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918698 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10907789 035 $a(PQKB)11329894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1295121 035 $a(OCoLC)852896326 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18906 035 $a(DE-B1597)530254 035 $a(OCoLC)1109168088 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813554396 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1295121 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10733853 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL504586 035 $a(OCoLC)853363030 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060390 100 $a20120427d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe story of N$b[electronic resource] $ea social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability /$fHugh S. Gorman 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-5438-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. The Knowledge of Nature --$tPART II. Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit --$tPART III. Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aIn The Story of N, Hugh S. Gorman analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective-the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen-and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of their own. The book is organized into three parts. Part I, "The Knowledge of Nature," explores the emergence of the nitrogen cycle before humans arrived on the scene and the changes that occurred as stationary agricultural societies took root. Part II, "Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit," examines the role of science and market capitalism in accelerating the pace of innovation, eventually allowing humans to bypass the activity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Part III, "Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits," covers the twentieth-century response to the nitrogen-related concerns that emerged as more nitrogenous compounds flowed into the environment. A concluding chapter, "The Challenge of Sustainability," places the entire story in the context of constructing an ecological economy in which innovations that contribute to sustainable practices are rewarded. 410 0$aStudies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment 606 $aNitrogen$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aNitrogen cycle 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on 615 0$aNitrogen$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aNitrogen cycle. 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on. 676 $a547/.64 700 $aGorman$b Hugh S$g(Hugh Scott),$f1957-$01475930 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788303903321 996 $aThe story of N$93690327 997 $aUNINA