The Story of N : A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability.
Title:
The Story of N : A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability.
Author:
Gorman, Hugh S.
ISBN:
9780813554396
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Series:
Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment
Contents:
Title Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Knowledge of Nature -- Chapter 1. The Emergence of a Biogeochemical Cycle -- Chapter 2. From Adaptation to Innovation -- Part II. Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit -- Chapter 3. Innovation within an Ecological Liimit -- Chapter 4. N and the Emergence of Market Capitalism -- Chapter 5. N and the Rise of Science -- Chapter 6. Bypassing an Ecological Limit -- Chapter 7. Industrializing a Biogeochemical Cycle -- Part III. Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits -- Chapter 8. N in the Well -- Chapter 9. N in the Air -- Chapter 10. N in the Law -- Chapter 11. N and the Seeds of an Ecological Economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
The Story of N analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective, the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of their own.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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