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The Contamination Of the Earth:a History Of Pollutions In the Industrial age
[Paperback - 2021]
thomas le roux
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Category: Nature
Sub-category: Nature
Additional Category: Modern History - Other Science Subjects
Publisher: The Mit Press | ISBN: 9780262542739 | Pages: 480
Shipping Weight: .612 | Dimensions: 5.63 x 1.13 x 8.69 inches

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The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century.

Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has been accompanied by the spread of industrial pollution. As our capacities for production and our aptitude for consumption have increased, so have their byproducts--chemical contamination from fertilizers and pesticides, diesel emissions, oil spills, a vast plastic continent found floating in the ocean. The Contamination of the Earth offers a social and political history of industrial pollution, mapping its trajectories over three centuries, from the toxic wastes of early tanneries to the fossil fuel energy regime of the twentieth century.

About the Author

Béatrice Delaurenti is Associate Professor in History at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), Paris. Thomas Le Roux is Associate Professor of Research in History at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and coauthor (with François Jarrige) of The Contamination of the Earth (MIT Press). Delaurenti and Le Roux are Directors of the Center for Historical Research (CRH, Centre de recherches historiques) of the EHESS.