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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David BondPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780520386785ISBN 10: 0520386787 Pages: 262 Publication Date: 26 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction: The Promise and Predicament of Crude Oil 1. Environment: A Disastrous History of the Hydrocarbon Present 2. Governing Disaster 3. Ethical Oil 4. Occupying the Implication 5. Petrochemical Fallout 6. The Ecological Mangrove Conclusion: Negative Ecologies and the Discovery of the Environment Acknowledgments Notes References IndexReviews"""Negative Ecologies provides a genuinely new historical analysis and nuanced ethnographic portrayal of the empire of oil. Bond captures a fundamental paradox of the taken-for-granted status of environmental management tools—thresholds and impact assessments— and specifically their role as gatekeepers, determining at what levels harm is constituted as safe, acceptable, and without corporate liability. Negative Ecologies is a must-read."" * American Anthropologist * ""Negative Ecologies is a prime ethnographic book on toxicity and disasters caused by the fossil fuel industry. Both beautifully and intricately written, the book offers various fundamental case studies of the social and environmental consequences and costs of our exemplary commodity – crude oil."" * Anthropology Book Forum *" """Negative Ecologies provides a genuinely new historical analysis and nuanced ethnographic portrayal of the empire of oil. Bond captures a fundamental paradox of the taken-for-granted status of environmental management tools—thresholds and impact assessments— and specifically their role as gatekeepers, determining at what levels harm is constituted as safe, acceptable, and without corporate liability. Negative Ecologies is a must-read."" * American Anthropologist *" Author InformationDavid Bond teaches anthropology and environment at Bennington College, where he also helps direct the Center for Advancement of Public Action (CAPA). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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