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Title

The environment : a sociological introduction / Philip W. Sutton.

Author

Sutton, Philip W.

Publication

Cambridge : Polity, 2007.

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Description

xiv, 187 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Philip Sutton shows how questions about the environment cannot be properly answered without taking a sociological approach. He provides a comprehensive guide to the ways in which sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues as diverse as global warming, ozone depletion, & marine pollution.

Uniform Title

Environmental Information Services Collection.

Subject

• Environmental responsibility
• Environmentalism > Philosophy
• Homme > Influence sur la nature
• Human ecology
• Nature > Effect of human beings on
• Responsabilité environnementale
• Écologie humaine
• Écologisme

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-177) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Natural environments -- 2. Knowing the environment -- 3. Experiencing the environment -- 4. Transforming the environment -- 5. Polluting the environment -- 6. Defending the environment -- 7. Politicizing the environment -- 8. Sustaining the environment -- 9. A global environment.

ISBN

• 9780745634333 (pbk.)
• 0745634338 (pbk.)
• 074563432X (hbk.)
• 9780745634326 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2007299800

OCLC

84151789

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library