The Invention of Sustainability: Nature and Destiny, C.1500-1870

ISBN-13: 9781316601150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 419 str.

Paul Warde

Opis

A groundbreaking study of how sustainability became a social and political problem, and how to think about it today.

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Recenzje

'… a beautifully written, deftly argued, and richly nuanced book … It is accessible for students, enlightening for scholars, and necessary reading for both.' Dagomar Degroot, Metascience

Spis treści

1. Living from the land, c.1500–1620; 2. Governing the woods, c.1500–1700; 3. Ambition and experiment, c.1590–1740; 4. Paths to sustained growth, c.1650–1760; 5. Nature translated, c.1670–1830; 6. Theories of circulation, c.1740–1800; 7. Political economies of nature, c.1760–1840; 8. History and destiny, c.1700–1870; Conclusion: ends and beginnings.