Paul Warde
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The idea of "the environment" was a planet-changing idea, making the planet visible in a wholly new way. The Environment: A History tells the story of the emergence of this idea. It is an intellectual and scientific history of the idea of the environment as a centripetal force in historical debates about climate change and the fate of the planet. According to the authors, our contemporary notion of the environment as a planet-wide web of interconnection...