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Author Commoner, Barry, 1917-2012.

Title The closing circle : nature, man, and technology / by Barry Commoner.

Imprint New York : Bantam Books, [1972]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  304.28 C737c 1972    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 343 pages ; 18 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Environmental Crisis -- The Ecosphere -- Nuclear Fire -- Los Angeles Air -- Illinois Earth -- Lake Erie Water -- Man In The Ecosphere -- Population And "Affluence" -- The Technological Flaw -- The Social Issues -- The Question Of Survival -- The Economic Meaning Of Ecology -- The Closing Circle.
Summary This book describes the ecosphere, how it has been damaged, and the economic, social, and political systems which have created the environmental and energy crises. The author calls for social action to close the circle of life, so that we may "restore to nature the wealth that we borrow from it."
Subject Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Pollution.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on. (OCoLC)fst01034564
Pollution. (OCoLC)fst01070069
ISBN 039442350X
9780394423500
055312921X
9780553129212

 
    
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