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The shadows of consumption : consequences for the global environment
- Title
- The shadows of consumption : consequences for the global environment / Peter Dauvergne.
- Author
- Dauvergne, Peter.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 315 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-287) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the ecological shadows of rising consumption -- An unbalanced global political economy -- Dying of consumption -- 1. Automobiles -- Accidental dependency? The road to an auto world -- A better ride: selling safe and clean -- The road tolls -- The globalization of accidents and emissions -- 2. Leaded gasoline -- Leaded science: pumping out profits and risks -- Lead must go -- Taking the lead out of Africa -- The globalization of risk -- 3. Refrigerators -- Refrigerating the ozone layer -- Phasing out CFC refrigerators -- Selling the "superior" refrigerator -- The globalization of plugging in -- 4. Beef -- The efficient steer: fast, fat, and cheap -- The ecology of big beef -- Sustainable beef? Chasing a stampede of "regular" steers -- The globalization of more meat -- 5. The harp seal hunt -- The red ice: heroes and overharvesting -- The brutes! Killing markets with activism -- Hunting beaters for globalizing markets -- The globalization of slippery markets -- Conclusion: transforming global consumption -- The illusions of environmentalism -- A brighter world order of balanced consumption.
- Call Number
- JBE 08-1688
- ISBN
- 9780262042468 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0262042460 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008017002
- OCLC
- 216938347
- Author
- Dauvergne, Peter.
- Title
- The shadows of consumption : consequences for the global environment / Peter Dauvergne.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-287) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 08-1688