The Story of N: A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability

by Hugh S. Gorman

In The Story of N , Hugh S. Gorman analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective--the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen--and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813554381
• ISBN13: 9780813554389
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary