The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment

by Peter Dauvergne

Book Overview

An environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities - automobiles, gasoline, refrigerators, beef and harp seals - throughout recent history and up to the present.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262042460
• ISBN13: 9780262042468
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.2"