THE BIRTH OF THE ANTHROPOCENE by Jeremy Davies ( 9780520289970 )

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Title:

THE BIRTH OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

By:

Jeremy Davies

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0520289978

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9780520289970

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

24 May, 2016

Pages:

248

Description:

The world faces an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen before, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. This book shows how this transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics.

Synopsis:

The world faces an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. Such far-reaching changes suggest something remarkable: the beginning of a new geological epoch. It has been called the Anthropocene. The Birth of the Anthropocene shows how this epochal transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics. By opening a window onto geological time, the idea of the Anthropocene changes our understanding of present-day environmental destruction and injustice. Linking new developments in earth science to the insights of world historians, Jeremy Davies shows that as the Anthropocene epoch begins, politics and geology have become inextricably entwined.

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2 maps, 1 table

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University of California Press

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