Land Use

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Notes on Sources

Notes on Sources

From: The Culture of Nature

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On the Frontiers of Capital

On the Frontiers of Capital

Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures

From: The Culture of Nature

The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images. 39 $3.90 Add
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Optimum Power

Optimum Power

Sustaining Our Power Over Time

From: Power

This chapter makes the case that we humans are capable of controlling our thirst for power, and we have a long history of doing so. Moreover, that capacity is rooted in similar behavior expressed … 51 $5.10 Add
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Overpowered

Overpowered

The Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into

From: Power

In this chapter the author focuses primarily on power dilemmas that are less frequently discussed, but that may be even more important for us to understand, especially in the 21st century. These … 60 $6.00 Add
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Picture Credits

Picture Credits

From: The Culture of Nature

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Power

Power

Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and … 416 View
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Power in Nature

Power in Nature

From Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception

From: Power

In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Anthropocene

Power in the Anthropocene

The Wonderful World of Fossil Fuels

From: Power

This chapter details forms of fossil fuel power such as coal, oil, and gas. Heinberg suggests that through the development and exercise of these fossil fuel powers, we have changed not only the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Holocene

Power in the Holocene

The Rise of Social Inequality

From: Power

In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state … 67 $6.70 Add
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Power in the Pleistocene

Power in the Pleistocene

On Spears, Fires, Furs, Words, and Flutes - And Why Men Are Such Power-Hogs

From: Power

This chapter describes prehistoric forms of human power, including stone tools, fire, animal skins, and language. 43 $4.30 Add
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Series Editors

Series Editors

From: Development in Latin America

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Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages

Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages

From: Development in Latin America

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State Control

State Control

The Politics of Agrarian Change

From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

The “Productive Revolution”: A State-Capital Alliance Mechanisms of Social and Economic Exclusion Productive Exclusion and Implications for Agrarian Change The Simple Reproduction … 34 $3.40 Add
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Technological Utopias

Technological Utopias

World's Fairs and Theme Parks

From: The Culture of Nature

The author explores World’s Fairs and theme parks, including Expo 67 (Montreal) and Expo 86 (Vancouver), to examine the process of technological development and its consequences on the … 38 $3.80 Add
The Culture of Nature

The Culture of Nature

North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez, Second Edition

Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson’s innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work … 352 View