The Great Acceleration
An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
McNeill, J.R.; Engelke, Peter
Date Written: 2016-04-04
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year Published: 2016
Pages: 288pp Price: $19.95 ISBN: 9780674545038
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX19795
Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a massive uncontrolled experiment. The Great Acceleration explains its causes and consequences, highlighting the role of energy systems, as well as trends in climate change, urbanization, and environmentalism.
