One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future
by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
Island Press, 2005 Cloth: 978-1-55963-879-1 | eISBN: 978-1-61091-052-1 | Paper: 978-1-59726-031-2 Library of Congress Classification HC79.E5E354 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 338.927
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library Association, One with Nineveh is a fresh synthesis of the major issues of our time, now brought up to date with an afterword for the paperback edition. Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analysis, the book spotlights the three elephants in our global living room-rising consumption, still-growing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity-that together are increasingly shaping today's politics and humankind's future. One with Nineveh brilliantly puts today's political and environmental debates in a larger context and offers some bold proposals for improving our future prospect.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. The author of The Population Bomb, Human Natures, and many other books, Ehrlich is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Crafoord Prize (an explicit substitute for the Nobel Prize in fields of science in which the latter is not given).
Anne E. Ehrlich is affiliated with Stanford's Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Conservation Biology. She has served on the board of the Sierra Club and other conservation organizations, has coauthored ten books with her husband, and is a recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
REVIEWS
"This is a book to savor and from which to learn."
— Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel
"The Ehrlichs manage to be both meticulous and witty as they suggest reforms and remind us that ours is an astoundingly adaptive species capable of making radical change once we're motivated."
— Booklist
"...full of pioneering analyses and innovative insights.... The Ehrlichs have often been called the ultimate pessimists, but their book is, frankly, heartening. . . . The book is decidedly new and different."
— Nature
"Provocative and eminently readable...this is a direct and levelheaded presentation that should get, and deserves, wide readership."
— Publishers Weekly
"If you simply want a great book, written by smart, forthright scientists, read One with Nineveh by Paul and Anne Ehrlich."
— The Boston Globe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction: Hostages to Hubris
Chapter 1. The Human Predicament
Chapter 2. The Costs of Success
Chapter 3. The Tide of Population
Chapter 4. The Consumption Factor
Chapter 5. Technology Matters
Chapter 6. Billions, Birthrates, and Policies
Chapter 7. Consuming Less
Chapter 8. A Culture Out of Step
Chapter 9. Human Behavior at the Millennium
Chapter 10. Sustainable Governance in America
Chapter 11. Healing a World of Wounds
Afterword to the Paperback Edition
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
Index
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One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future
by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
Island Press, 2005 Cloth: 978-1-55963-879-1 eISBN: 978-1-61091-052-1 Paper: 978-1-59726-031-2
Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library Association, One with Nineveh is a fresh synthesis of the major issues of our time, now brought up to date with an afterword for the paperback edition. Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analysis, the book spotlights the three elephants in our global living room-rising consumption, still-growing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity-that together are increasingly shaping today's politics and humankind's future. One with Nineveh brilliantly puts today's political and environmental debates in a larger context and offers some bold proposals for improving our future prospect.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. The author of The Population Bomb, Human Natures, and many other books, Ehrlich is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Crafoord Prize (an explicit substitute for the Nobel Prize in fields of science in which the latter is not given).
Anne E. Ehrlich is affiliated with Stanford's Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Conservation Biology. She has served on the board of the Sierra Club and other conservation organizations, has coauthored ten books with her husband, and is a recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
REVIEWS
"This is a book to savor and from which to learn."
— Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel
"The Ehrlichs manage to be both meticulous and witty as they suggest reforms and remind us that ours is an astoundingly adaptive species capable of making radical change once we're motivated."
— Booklist
"...full of pioneering analyses and innovative insights.... The Ehrlichs have often been called the ultimate pessimists, but their book is, frankly, heartening. . . . The book is decidedly new and different."
— Nature
"Provocative and eminently readable...this is a direct and levelheaded presentation that should get, and deserves, wide readership."
— Publishers Weekly
"If you simply want a great book, written by smart, forthright scientists, read One with Nineveh by Paul and Anne Ehrlich."
— The Boston Globe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction: Hostages to Hubris
Chapter 1. The Human Predicament
Chapter 2. The Costs of Success
Chapter 3. The Tide of Population
Chapter 4. The Consumption Factor
Chapter 5. Technology Matters
Chapter 6. Billions, Birthrates, and Policies
Chapter 7. Consuming Less
Chapter 8. A Culture Out of Step
Chapter 9. Human Behavior at the Millennium
Chapter 10. Sustainable Governance in America
Chapter 11. Healing a World of Wounds
Afterword to the Paperback Edition
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
Index
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