Scarcity in the modern world : history, politics, society and sustainability, 1800-2075 / edited by...
Scarcity in the modern world : history, politics, society and sustainability, 1800-2075 / edited by...
Scarcity in the modern world : history, politics, society and sustainability, 1800-2075 / edited by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, John Brewer, Neil Fromer and Frank Trentmann.
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Publisher
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
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G 2019/1426
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Making scarcity -- Jean-Laurent Rosenthal: scarcity, language and politics -- Lyla Metha and Amber Huff: untangling scarcity -- Rick Wilk: rethinking the relationships between scarcity, poverty and hunger: an anthropological perspective -- Neil Fromer: renewable energy: a story of abundance and scar...
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Publisher
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Scarcity in the Modern World brings together world-renowned scholars to examine how concerns about the scarcity of environmental resources such as water, food, energy and materials have developed, and subsequently been managed, from the 18th to the 21st century. These multi-disciplinary contributions situate contemporary concerns about scarcity wit...
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Scarcity in the modern world : history, politics, society and sustainability, 1800-2075 / edited by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, John Brewer, Neil Fromer and Frank Trentmann.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/1426
Record Identifier
74VKVBPg4Xdg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBPg4Xdg
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ISBN
9781350040915 hardback
1350040916 hardback
DDC
338.5213
MMS ID
991024237617002626
