The Great Acceleration by J R Mcneill
The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new agethe Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planets biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment.
Among the first scholarly works to make explicit use of the geological framework of the Anthropocene for the purpose of rethinking the grand narratives of global economic change-- Fredrik Albritton Jonsson * Public Books *
J. R. McNeill is University Professor in the Department of History and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Peter Engelke is a Senior Fellow at the Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674545038 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674545036 |
| Title | The Great Acceleration |
| Author | J R Mcneill |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2016-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Nominated for Jerry Bentley Prize 2017, Nominated for George Perkins Marsh Prize 2017, Nominated for Turku Book Award 2017 |
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