Contents -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Telling Stories about CO2 -- 1. The Cold War Roots of Global Warming -- 2. Scientists, Environmentalists, and the Global Atmosphere -- 3. Making the Global Environment -- 4. Climate, the Environment, and Scientific Activism -- 5. The Politics of Dissent -- 6. The IPCC and the Primacy of Science -- 7. The Gospel of the Market -- Epilogue: Climbing Out from Behind the Curve -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.