The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth

by John Bellamy Foster, Richard York, Brett Clark

Book Overview

Humanity in the twenty-first century is facing what might be described as its ultimate environmental catastrophe: the destruction of the climate that has nurtured human civilization and with it the basis of life on earth as we know it. All ecosystems on the planet are now in decline. Enormous rifts have been driven through the delicate fabric of the biosphere. The economy and the earth are headed for a fateful collision--if we don't alter course...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583672192
• ISBN13: 9781583672198
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"