The Story of N: A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability (Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment)
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Hugh S. Gorman (Author)
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In The Story of N, Hugh S. Gorman analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective-the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen-and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of their own
The book is organized into three parts. Part I, "The Knowledge of Nature," explores the emergence of the nitrogen cycle before humans arrived on the scene and the changes that occurred as stationary agricultural societies took root. Part II, "Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit," examines the role of science and market capitalism in accelerating the pace of innovation, eventually allowing humans to bypass the activity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Part III, "Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits," covers the twentieth-century response to the nitrogen-related concerns that emerged as more nitrogenous compounds flowed into the environment. A concluding chapter, "The Challenge of Sustainability," places the entire story in the context of constructing an ecological economy in which innovations that contribute to sustainable practices are rewarded. 2 figures CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning -No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
HUGH S. GORMAN teaches in the energy and environmental policy graduate program at Michigan Technological University. He is the author of Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry.
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- Contributor: Hugh S. Gorman
- Imprint: Rutgers University Press
- ISBN13: 9780813554389
- Number of Pages: 260
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x30mm
- Packaged Weight: 520
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Release Date: 2013-01-24
- Series: Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: HUGH S. GORMAN teaches in the energy and environmental policy graduate program at Michigan Technological University. He is the author of Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry.
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