| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index. |
| Contents |
The emergence of a biogeochemical cycle -- From adaption to innovation -- Innovation within an ecological limit -- N and the emergence of market capitalism -- N and the rise of science -- Bypassing an ecological limit -- Industrializing a biogeomical cycle -- N in the well -- N in the air -- N in the law -- N and the seeds of an ecological economy -- Conclusion: the challenge of sustainability. |
| Summary |
The Story of N 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 t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects.
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Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects. |
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Nitrogen. |
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Nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrogen cycle. |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gorman, Hugh S. (Hugh Scott), 1957- Story of N. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2013 9780813554389 (DLC) 2012009901 (OCoLC)788264221 |
| ISBN |
9780813554396 (electronic book) |
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081355439X (electronic book) |
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9781461934929 (electronic book) |
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1461934923 (electronic book) |
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9780813554389 |
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0813554381 |
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