Author

Publication

2012 - Edinburgh University Press

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780748622641
  • ISBN-100748622640
  • Better World Books9780748622641
  • Better World BooksKT-723-211
  • Open LibraryOL28432367M

Classifications

  • LCCGE150

Description

Environmental issues in the US are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, growing evidence of global warming, & a struggling national energy supply highlight the unfolding crisis. Fears gravitate around a fast-approaching doomsday scenario unless something is done. Yet fears of doomsday are nothing new. John Wills shows how the current crisis is firmly rooted in the past. As well as showing how today's problems are manifestations of older systems of economics, culture & politics, he argues that America has already witnessed a range of 'doomsday scenarios, ' both real & imagined.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • US Environmental HistoryEdinburgh University Press2012

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