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Ecology and the politics of scarcity revisited : the unraveling of the American dream / William Ophuls, A. Stephen Boyan, Jr. ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy.

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  • ISBN: 0716723131
  • ISBN: 9780716723134
  • Physical Description: xix, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, ©1992.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-366) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. Ecological scarcity and the limits to growth -- ch. 1. Science of ecology -- ch. 2. Population, food, mineral resources, and energy -- ch. 3. Deforestation, the loss of biodiversity, pollution, the management of technology, and an overview of ecological scarcity -- pt. 2. Dilemmas of scarcity -- ch. 4. Politics of scarcity -- ch. 5. American political economy I: ecology plus economics equals politics -- ch. 6. American political economy II: the non-politics of laissez faire -- ch. 7. Ecological scarcity and international politics -- pt. 3. Learning to live with scarcity -- ch. 8. Toward a politics of the steady state.
Subject:
Environmental policy.
Environmental protection.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library HC 79 .E5 O64 1992 02234371 Stacks Available -

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