Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The shadows of consumption

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

251630753

Responsibility statement

Peter Dauvergne

Sub title

consequences for the global environment

Table Of Contents

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 Refrigerators13 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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