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| List of Maps and Tables | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Prologue: Peculiarities of a Prodigal Century | |
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| Economic Growth since 1500 | |
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| Population Growth since 10,000 B.C. | |
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| Energy History since 10,000 B.C. | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Music of the Spheres | |
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| The Lithosphere and Pedosphere: The Crust of the Earth | |
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| The Basics of the Earth's Crust | |
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| Soil Alchemy | |
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| Soil Pollution | |
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| Earth Movers | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Atmosphere: Urban History | |
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| The Basics of the Atmosphere | |
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| Air Pollution Before 1900 | |
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| Air Pollution since 1900 | |
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| Coal Cities | |
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| Smog Cities | |
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| Megacities | |
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| Recovering Cities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Atmosphere: Regional and Global History | |
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| Regional Air Pollution Since 1870 | |
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| The Air in Japan | |
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| Acid Rain | |
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| Further Consequences of Air Pollution | |
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| Climate Change and Stratospheric Ozone | |
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| Space Pollution | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Hydrosphere: The History of Water Use and Water Pollution | |
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| Water Basics | |
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| World Water Use and Supply | |
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| Urban Water | |
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| River Water | |
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| Lakes and Eutrophication | |
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| Seas and Oceans | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Hydrosphere: Depletions, Dams, and Diversions | |
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| Groundwater | |
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| Dams and Diversions | |
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| Taming Floods and Draining Wetlands | |
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| Coastlines | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Biosphere: Eat and Be Eaten | |
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| Microbiota: The First Lords of the Biosphere | |
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| Land Use and Agriculture | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Biosphere: Forests, Fish, and Invasions | |
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| Forests | |
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| Whaling and Fishing | |
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| Biological Invasions | |
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| Biodiversity and the Sixth Extinction | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Engines of Change | |
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| More People, Bigger Cities | |
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| Population Growth | |
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| Migration | |
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| The Footprints and Metabolisms of Cities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Fuels, Tools, and Economics | |
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| Energy Regimes and the Environment | |
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| Technological Change and the Environment | |
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| Economic Changes and the Environment | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ideas and Politics | |
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| Big Ideas | |
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| Environmental Ideas | |
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| International Politics and War | |
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| Environmental Politics and Policies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Epilogue: So What? | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |