Timescapes of Modernity: The Environment and Invisible Hazards

by Barbara Adam

Book Overview

Timescapes of Modernity explores the relationship between time and environmental and socio-cultural concerns. Using examples such as the BSE crisis, the Sea Empress oil pollution and the Chernobyl radiation Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life. Global markets and economic growth; large-scale production of food; the speed of transport and communication; the 24 hour society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415162742
• ISBN13: 9780415162746
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"