The birth of the Anthropocene /

The birth of the Anthropocene /

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Author / Creator:	Davies, Jeremy, 1983- author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) : maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Global environmental change. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Environmental geology. Paleoecology -- Holocene. Environmental geology. Global environmental change. Holocene Geologic Period. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Paleoecology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11755684

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ISBN:	9780520964334 0520964330 9780520289970 0520289978 9780520289987 0520289986
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record and online resource (ProQuest EBook Central, viewed March 29, 2017).
Summary:	"The world is facing an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. Such far-reaching changes suggest something remarkable: the beginning of a new geological epoch. It has been called the Anthropocene. The Birth of the Anthropocene shows how this epochal transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics. By opening a window onto geological time, the idea of the Anthropocene changes our understanding of present-day environmental despoliation and injustice. Jeremy Davies argues incisively that unequal relations between human societies must now be understood as ecological and geophysical forces that leave profound traces in the makeup of the planet. Linking new developments in earth science to the insights of world historians, Davies shows that as the Anthropocene epoch begins, politics and geology have become inextricably entwined"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Davies, Jeremy, 1983- Birth of the Anthropocene. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] 9780520289970
Standard no.:	40026271009

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Summary:	The world faces an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. Such far-reaching changes suggest something remarkable: the beginning of a new geological epoch. It has been called the Anthropocene. The Birth of the Anthropocene shows how this epochal transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics. By opening a window onto geological time, the idea of the Anthropocene changes our understanding of present-day environmental destruction and injustice. Linking new developments in earth science to the insights of world historians, Jeremy Davies shows that as the Anthropocene epoch begins, politics and geology have become inextricably entwined.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) : maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780520964334 0520964330 9780520289970 0520289978 9780520289987 0520289986