Scarcity in the Modern World: History, Politics, Society and Sustainability, 1800-2075 Contributor(s): Brewer, John (Editor), Fromer, Neil (Editor), Albritton Jonsson, Fredrik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350040916 ISBN-13: 9781350040915 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Modern - General |
Dewey: 338.521 |
LCCN: 2018033017 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 312 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
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Publisher Description: Scarcity in the Modern World brings together world-renowned scholars to examine how concerns about the scarcity of environmental resources such as water, food, energy and materials have developed, and subsequently been managed, from the 18th to the 21st century. These multi-disciplinary contributions situate contemporary concerns about scarcity within their longer history, and address recent forecasts and debates surrounding the future scarcity of fossil fuels, renewable energy and water up to 2075. This book offers a fresh way of tackling the current challenge of meeting global needs in an increasingly resource-stressed environment. By bringing together scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this volume provides an innovative multi-disciplinary perspective that corrects previous scholarship which has discussed scientific and cultural issues separately. In doing so, it recognizes that this challenge is complex and cannot be addressed by a single discipline, but requires a concerted effort to think about its political and social, as well as technical and economic dimensions. This volume is essential for all students and scholars of environmental and economic history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brewer, John: - John Brewer is Professor of History and Literature at the California Institute of Technology.Trentmann, Frank: - FRANK TRENTMANN is Professor of Modern History at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Recent publications include Consuming Cultures, Global Perspectives, edited with John Brewer (2006) and Civil Society: A Reader in History, Theory and Global Politics, edited with John A. Hall (2005). |