The story of N : a social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability /
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| Author / Creator: | Gorman, Hugh S. (Hugh Scott), 1957- |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2013. |
| Description: | xiii, 241 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9803587 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. The Knowledge of Nature
- 1. The Emergence of a Biogeochemical Cycle
- 2. From Adaptation to Innovation
- Part II. Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit
- 3. Innovation within an Ecological Limit
- 4. N and the Emergence of Market Capitalism
- 5. N and the Rise of Science
- 6. Bypassing an Ecological Limit
- 7. Industrializing a Biogeochemical Cycle
- Part III. Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits
- 8. N in the Well
- 9. N in the Air
- 10. N in the Law
- 11. N and the Seeds of an Ecological Economy
- Conclusion: The Challenge of Sustainability
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
