The environment and international history. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Scott Kaufman.
• Authors: Kaufman, Scott, 1969-
• Contents: Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Anthropocentric environmentalism; Placing (European) humans first; Scrambles in Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific; Enter the environmentalists?; To the 1900 convention; The 1902 bird convention; Marine life; World war; New hope?; Chapter 2 From war through war; Whaling; Oil pollution; Fisheries; The 1933 convention; Birds in North America; Transboundary pollution; A World again at war; The United Nations; Chapter 3 Cold war, science, and the environment Containment, fisheries, and whalingKorea; Science, nature, and the cold war; The Great Leap Forward; The atomic arms race; From moratorium to test ban; Victory for the environmentalists?; Chapter 4 Silent Spring, Stockholm, and the North-South divide; The new environmentalism; Vietnam and the environment; Marine life; Decolonization and the North-South divide; LDCs and the environment; Stockholm; Stockholm's legacy; Omens; Chapter 5 Creating regimes; Stockholm: A legacy lacking; The Anglo-American shift; Marine life; Acid rain and the climate conundrum; The ozone quandary; Chernobyl The Persian Gulf WarAddressing ozone; Hazardous waste; To Rio; The Rio conference; The resistance to environmental regimes; Chapter 6 The Anthropocene epoch?; Addressing the Rio Agenda; NAFTA; Marine life; Hazardous waste; The ozone layer and climate change; Johannesburg; The challenges persist; The climate conundrum continues; Paris; Nuclear power and plastics; In the Anthropocene?; Conclusion: Accomplishments and challenges; Accomplishments; Challenges at sea; Challenges on land: Poaching, poison, and radiation; Demographic challenges; The atmospheric challenge: Climate change; Notes; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327; 900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; International relations -- History; Global environmental change; HISTORY / Civilization; HISTORY / Essays; HISTORY / Reference; HISTORY / Social History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; General & world history; Political Science -- International Relations -- Diplomacy; History -- Modern -- 20th Century; History -- General; Diplomacy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472527035; 1472527038
• Related ISBNs: 1472527224; 9781472527226; 1472525051; 9781472525055
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographic references and index.; Note: Print version record.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 17, 2018).
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