The shadows of consumption : consequences for the global environment, Peter Dauvergne

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The shadows of consumption : consequences for the global environment, Peter Dauvergne

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consequences for the global environment

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Peter Dauvergne

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• The shadows of consumption : consequences for the global environment

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• Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, ©2008

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287) and index

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• Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Ecological Shadows of Rising Consumption; 1 An Unbalanced Global Political Economy; 2 Dying of Consumption; I Automobiles; 3 Accidental Dependency? The Road to an Auto World; 4 A Better Ride: Selling Safe and Clean; 5 The Road Tolls; 6 The Globalization of Accidents and Emissions; II Leaded Gasoline; 7 Leaded Science: Pumping Out Profi ts and Risks; 8 Lead Must Go; 9 Taking the Lead Out of Africa; 10 The Globalization of Risk; III Refrigerators; 11 Refrigerating the Ozone Layer; 12 Phasing Out CFC Refrigerators
• 13 Selling the "Superior" Refrigerator14 The Globalization of Plugging In; IV Beef; 15 The Efficient Steer: Fast, Fat, and Cheap; 16 The Ecology of Big Beef; 17 Sustainable Beef? Chasing a Stampede of "Regular" Steers; 18 The Globalization of More Meat; V The Harp Seal Hunt; 19 To the Red Ice: Heroes and Overharvesting; 20 The Brutes! Killing Markets with Activism; 21 Hunting Beaters for Globalizing Markets; 22 The Globalization of Slippery Markets; Conclusion Transforming Global Consumption; 23 The Illusions of Environmentalism; 24 A Brighter World Order of Balanced Consumption; Notes

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1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages)

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9781435665620

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• 22573/ctt59psw6
• 528AAA67-C4A1-46CB-8F62-FAD7CAC5E494

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