The energy glut : climate change and the politics of fatness / Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards.
The energy glut : climate change and the politics of fatness / Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards.
The energy glut : climate change and the politics of fatness / Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards.
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London ; New York : Zed Books, c2010.
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G 2013/3427
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
182 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The fat planet -- Fat people and fat populations -- The motorization of movement -- Food and the petro-nutritional complex -- Money -- Contract and converge -- The era of the bicycle -- Reclaiming our neighbourhoods -- Reclaim your home -- A better world.
Publication information
Publisher
London ; New York : Zed Books, c2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2010.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Obesity--epidemiology--Popular Works
- Climate Change--Popular Works
- Fossil Fuels--economics--Popular Works
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Summary
Worldwide, over a billion adults are overweight and 300 million are officially obese. This book tells the story of energy in society, and places fatness next to climate change, as manifestations of the same fundamental planetary malaise. It argues that the pulse of fossil fuel energy released from the ground after the discovery of oil not only star...
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The energy glut : climate change and the politics of fatness / Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards.
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General note
"The politics of fatness in an overheating world"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-175) and index.
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Online version: Roberts, Ian, Ph.D. Energy glut. London ; New York : Zed Books, c2010 (OCoLC)752399298.
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c2010.
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G 2013/3427
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74VKdeQ5BdBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdeQ5BdBO
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ISBN
184813519X (ebk.)
9781848135178 (hbk.)
1848135173 (hbk.)
9781848135185 (pbk.)
1848135181 (pbk.)
9781848135192 (ebk.)
DDC
614.59398
MMS ID
991020106199702626
