The Vulnerable Planet by John Bellamy Foster

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The Vulnerable Planet by John Bellamy Foster

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Explores the reasons why a global economic system, geared toward private profit, has spelled vulnerability for the earth's fragile natural environment. The book sets out to take the case for saving the planet beyond visions of doom, arguments about sustainability, and individual solutions.

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The Vulnerable Planet by John Bellamy Foster

With historical and economic detail, this book explores the reasons why a global economic system, geared toward private profit, has spelled vulnerability for the earth's fragile natural environment. It sets out to take the case for saving the planet beyond visions of doom, arguments about sustainability, and individual solutions.

John Bellamy Foster is a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and the editor of Monthly Review. The Fragile Planet, Marx's Ecology, Hungry for Profit (edited with Fred Magdoff and Frederick Buttel), Ecology Against Capitalism, The Ecological Revolution, The Ecological Rift (with Brett Clark and Richard York), What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism (with Fred Magdoff), Marx and the Earth (with Paul Burkett), Marx and the Earth (with Fred Magdoff), Marx and the Earth (with Fred Magdoff), Marx and the

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ISBN 13 9781583670194
ISBN 10 158367019X
Title The Vulnerable Planet
Author John Bellamy Foster
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Year published 1999-09-01
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.