Books on Ecology—Environment—Science
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Books on Ecology—Environment—Science |
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Hungry For Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment The agribusiness/food sector is the second most profitable industry in the United States — following pharmaceuticals — with annual sales over $400 billion. Contributing to its profitability are the breathtaking strides in biotechnology coupled with the growing concentration of ownership and control by food’s largest corporations. |
 Ecology Against Capitalism by John Bellamy Foster In a broad-ranging treatment of contemporary ecological politics, Ecology Against Capitalismcovers sustainable development, ecological economics, and analyzes technological responses to environmental crisis, including pollution, population growth, soil fertility, the preservation of ancient forests, and the "new economy" of the Internet age. |
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A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis by Marcel Mazoyer and Laurence Roudart A History of World Agricultureis a path-breaking and panoramic work, beginning with the emergence of agriculture after thousands of years in which human societies had depended on hunting and gathering, showing how agricultural techniques developed in the different regions of the world, and how this extraordinary wealth of knowledge, tradition and natural variety is endangered today by global capitalism, as it forces the unequal agrarian heritages of the world to conform to the norms of profit. |
 Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature by John Bellamy Foster “Marx’s Ecology is a compelling, thought-provoking read that effectively and authoritatively pries open a space in the rather over-published realm of Marxist theory for a debate concerning the relationship between materialism and ecology. It should offer a catalyst to a serious reconsideration of the common assumption that Marx’s work has little to offer ecological discourse, beyond novel and sporadic secondary observations of the environmental effects of capitalist development.”— Human Ecology Review |
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Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit, and the Struggle for Environmental Justice by Eddie J. Girdner and Jack Smith Killing Me Softly examines the growth of the toxic waste industry and the economic logic behind its expansion. It gives a hard-hitting account of the damage it has done throughout the United States. It focuses in particular on the struggle of the people of Mercer County, Missouri, against the plans of Amoco Waste-Tech to establish a huge toxic waste landfill in the county. It shows how the persistence of ordinary people in a poor and politically marginalized area could prevail against the predations of corporate power. |
 Science and the Retreat from Reason by John Gillot and Manjit Kumar While providing a clear and intelligible introduction to key areas of modern scientific thought, Gillot and Kumar mount a challenge to the anti-interventionist attitude which suggests that human beings must concede to nature. Science and the Retreat from Reason argues that it is loss of faith in progress that explains today's loss of faith in science. |
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The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment by John Bellamy Foster The Vulnerable Planet has won respect as the best single-volume introduction to the global environmental crisis. This edition includes a new afterword by the author. “The strength of [John Bellamy] Foster's book lies in its broad historical and geographical sweep.... A fine contribution to a critical sociology of important environmental issues .... Extraordinarily well written....” —Contemporary Sociology |
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