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A brief history of pollution / / Adam Markham
| A brief history of pollution / / Adam Markham |
| Autore | Markham Adam <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.7309 |
| Soggetto topico | Pollution - History |
| ISBN |
1-000-69270-1
1-000-69224-8 0-429-34487-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. A Brief History of Pollution; Soiling the Garden of Eden; Unsanitary Conditions; Pollution and the Plague; Dealing with Waste; Something in the Air; 2. The City as Source of Pollution; Spawning Cities; The Industrial Revolution; The Spread of Squalor; Taming North America; The Birth of Smog; 3. Why Care? Pollution, Nature and Ethics; Should the Polluter Pay?; Science, Environment and Romanticism; Reactions to Reality; 4. The First Consumer Revolution
Climbing the Ladder of ConsumptionCreating the Demand; From Bike to Buick; Consumption and Population; 5. Water Pollution and Chemical Contamination; Not so Pure; From the River to the Sea; Oil and Plastics; Toxic Chemicals; 6. The Poisoned Atmosphere; Acid Rain and Air Pollution; A Climate of Change; Climate Change and Biodiversity; Radioactivity: The Unseen Killer; 7. An all Consuming Passion; The Consumer Class; The Death of Food; Packaging the Dream; The Dark Side of Suburbia; 8. Energy and Survival; Clean Energy?; A History of Excess; Transports of Delight; Dominion of the Air Energy and Equity9. Pollution in the Making: The Example of Asia; The March of Progress; Acid Rain in Asia; Dirty Water; The Chinese Dragon Breathes Fire; 10. The Politics of Pollution; Citizen Power; There Ought to be a Law Against it!; Towards the next Millenium; Notes and references; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793962403321 |
Markham Adam <1948->
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| London, : Routledge, 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A brief history of pollution / / Adam Markham
| A brief history of pollution / / Adam Markham |
| Autore | Markham Adam <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.7309 |
| Soggetto topico | Pollution - History |
| ISBN |
1-000-69270-1
1-000-69224-8 0-429-34487-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. A Brief History of Pollution; Soiling the Garden of Eden; Unsanitary Conditions; Pollution and the Plague; Dealing with Waste; Something in the Air; 2. The City as Source of Pollution; Spawning Cities; The Industrial Revolution; The Spread of Squalor; Taming North America; The Birth of Smog; 3. Why Care? Pollution, Nature and Ethics; Should the Polluter Pay?; Science, Environment and Romanticism; Reactions to Reality; 4. The First Consumer Revolution
Climbing the Ladder of ConsumptionCreating the Demand; From Bike to Buick; Consumption and Population; 5. Water Pollution and Chemical Contamination; Not so Pure; From the River to the Sea; Oil and Plastics; Toxic Chemicals; 6. The Poisoned Atmosphere; Acid Rain and Air Pollution; A Climate of Change; Climate Change and Biodiversity; Radioactivity: The Unseen Killer; 7. An all Consuming Passion; The Consumer Class; The Death of Food; Packaging the Dream; The Dark Side of Suburbia; 8. Energy and Survival; Clean Energy?; A History of Excess; Transports of Delight; Dominion of the Air Energy and Equity9. Pollution in the Making: The Example of Asia; The March of Progress; Acid Rain in Asia; Dirty Water; The Chinese Dragon Breathes Fire; 10. The Politics of Pollution; Citizen Power; There Ought to be a Law Against it!; Towards the next Millenium; Notes and references; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819212903321 |
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Markham Adam <1948->
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| London, : Routledge, 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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