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Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World

Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World


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A landmark work of environmental history told in an absorbing narrative style. J. R. McNeill's startling history explores the massive change we have brought to our physical world in this century. To a degree unprecedented in human history, we have refashioned the very air, water, and soil we inhabit. McNeill tells this story with a keen eye for character and a refreshing respect for the unforeseen in history. He tells us of Thomas Midgely, the chemical engineer who indirectly did more damage to the atmosphere than any other human being: Midgely discovered that adding lead to gasoline made it burn better, and he followed that breakthrough with the invention of Freon, which ruptures the ozone layer when it drifts into the stratosphere. Also surprising, but more hopeful, is the story of how Japan transformed itself from a polluter's paradise through 1965 to a country of clean air twenty years later without sacrificing economic performance. Through his history of people and the planet in this global century, McNeill shows us that environmental degradation is reversible, and historical change open-ended. This is a volume in The Global Century Series, general editor, Paul Kennedy.

About the Author :
J. R. McNeill is Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of award-winning works in world and environmental history. These include The Human Web: A Bird’s-Eye View of World History (co-authored with his father and world history pioneer, William H. McNeill) and Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World, both published by Norton. He has served as president of the American Society for Environmental History and the American Historical Association.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780393049176
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publisher Imprint: WW Norton & Co
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 448
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Weight: 786 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0393049175
  • Publisher Date: 17 Apr 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World
  • Width: 168 mm


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