Dirty Words - Writings on the History and Culture of Pollution

Informationen zum Autor Authored by Bradby, Hannah Klappentext Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides? This book examines these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction! from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler. Zusammenfassung Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides? This book examines these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction, from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Acknowledgments 1. Life and ClimateSimon F. Watts2. Life between Greenhouse and IceboxPhilip Stewart3. Environmental TroublemakingWalter C. Patterson4. Changing Public Perception of Air PollutionNigel Dudley5. Agricultural Pollution: The Price of Progress?Janet Rowe6. Writing on SmokePeter Brimblecombe7. The Management of Hazardous Waste and Hazards of Wasteful ManagementMichael Thompson8. Sheepfarming after Chernobyl: a Case Study in Communicating Scientific InformationBrian Wynne

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Bradby, Bradby Hannah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781849710039
• ISBN: 978-1-84971-003-9
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution and threats to the environment