Industrialized nature : brute force technology and the transformation of the natural world

The Resource Industrialized nature : brute force technology and the transformation of the natural world
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Industrialized nature : brute force technology and the transformation of the natural world
Title remainder
brute force technology and the transformation of the natural world
Statement of responsibility
Paul R. Josephson
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In Industrialized Nature, the accomplished historian Paul R. Josephson shows us how science, engineering, policy, finance, and hubris have come together, often with unforeseen consequences, to perpetuate what he calls "brute force technologies"--Large-scale systems created to exploit water, forest, and fish resources. Nations with quite different political systems and economic orientations (such as the former Soviet Union, Norway Brazil, and the United States) have pursued a remarkably similar strategy of using such large-scale technology to turn nature into a smoothly running machine. Josephson vividly demonstrates how irresponsible - or well-intentioned but misguided - large-scale manipulation of nature has resulted, time after time, in resource loss, social disruption, more brute force politics, and severe environmental degradation."--Jacket
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
303.48/3/0904
Index
index present
LC call number
T173.8
LC item number
.J67 2002
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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