Donald Worster, Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of American Abundance

Donald Worster, Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of American Abundance Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. 265 ISBN: 9780199844951. Joseph Michael Gratale The American College of Thessaloniki In 2012 an American billionaire and reality-TV personality tweeted the following: “The concept of gl...

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Published inEuropean journal of American studies
Main Author Gratale, Joseph Michael
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published London European Association for American Studies 01.08.2017
The European Association for American Studies (EAAS)
Subjects
16th century
19th century
20th century
Climate change
Earth
Environmental history
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Global warming
Natural resources
Nature
United States > US
Europe
Western Hemisphere
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Summary:Donald Worster, Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of American Abundance Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. 265 ISBN: 9780199844951. Joseph Michael Gratale The American College of Thessaloniki In 2012 an American billionaire and reality-TV personality tweeted the following: “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” While some eyebrows were raised at the time of the tweet, not many were alarmed due perhaps to...
ISSN:1991-9336
1991-9336
DOI:10.4000/ejas.12175