Main entry:

Caradonna, Jeremy L., 1979-

Title & Author:

Sustainability : a history / Jeremy L. Caradonna.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
©2014

Description:

x, 331 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2016"--Title page verso.
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2016."--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Loath this growth: sources of sustainability in the early modern world -- The industrial revolution and its discontents -- Eco-warriors: the environmental movement and the growth of ecological wisdom, 1960s-1970s -- Eco-nomics -- From concept to movement -- Sustainability today: 2000-present -- The future: 10 challenges for sustainability.

Summary:

"...Approaching sustainability from a historical perspective and revealing the conditions that gave it shape. Locating the underpinnings of the movement as far back as the 1660s, Caradonna considers the origins of sustainability across many fields throughout Europe and North America. Taking us from the emergence of thoughts guiding sustainable yield forestry in the late 17th and 18th centuries, through the challenges of the Industrial Revolution, the birth of the environmental movement, and the emergence of a concrete effort to promote a balanced approach to development in the latter half of the 20th century, he shows that while sustainability draws upon ideas of social justice, ecological economics, and environmental conservation, it is more than the sum of its parts and blends these ideas together into a dynamic philosophy." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0190614471 (paperback)
9780190614478 (paperback)

Subject:

Sustainability History.
Durabilité de l'environnement Histoire.
Industry.
Sustainability.
Nachhaltigkeit

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293344
Call No.: BIB 238188
Status: Available