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Environment, Technology, and Health

Human Ecology in Historical Perspective

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-x
  2. Setting the Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. What is the Environmental Movement?

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 3-12
    3. The Preindustrial Centuries

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 13-33
    4. The Industrial Revolution

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 34-49
  3. People, Energy, and Resources Can We Keep Them in Balance?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. Energy Supply and Demand

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 116-164
  4. Environmental Contamination:Some Contemporary Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Some General Principles

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 167-185
    3. Environmental Cancer

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 186-226
    4. The Organic Chemicals

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 227-246
    5. The Metals: Lead and Mercury

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 247-266
    6. Air Pollution From Automobiles

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 288-304
    7. Nuclear Power

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 305-335
    8. Some Long-range Atmospheric Effects of Pollution

      • Merril Eisenbud
      Pages 336-347
  5. Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 349-349

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