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Treasures of the earth : need, greed, and a sustainable future /
Would the world be a better place if human societies were somehow able to curb their desires for material goods? Saleem Ali's pioneering book links human wants and needs by providing a natural history of consumption and materialism with scientific detail and humanistic nuance. It argues that si...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: alchemy of a material world
- The pleasure of treasure. What lies beneath: the material and mystical origins of mineral wealth
- Creating value: the endurance of precious jewels
- The rush factor: tracing the mineral roots of global power through gold, coal, and oil
- Toil and treasure. The darker side of fortune: the psychology of treasure dependence
- Curing the resource curse: minerals and global development
- The spoils of the earth: the ecological toll of extractive excitement
- Measure for measure. Destination cradle: the quest for material cycling
- The restoration ethic: hurting and healing ecosystems
- Embracing the treasure impulse: toward cautionary creativity
- Epilogue: embracing uncertainty.