Introduction: Nature, Choice and Social Power Part 1: Mining: Earth and Water 2. Mining Nature 3. Miners 4. Why is Gold Valuable? Part 2: The Car and Suburban Sprawl: Aie and Fire 5. Henry Ford's Car 6. Sprawl 7. Los Angeles: A brief biography Conclusion: Power, choice and nature
Biography
Erica Schoenberger is Professor of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
"A thoughtful, measured and ultimately compelling analysis of our collective inability to take the obvious measures needed to prevent the downward spiral of environmental degradation that currently threatens so much of the world around us. Beautifully written, this text is thoroughly recommended for student audiences at all levels as well as for general readers." –David Harvey, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA
"Utterly original, always provocative, never predictable, Erica Schoenberger rethinks the environmental crisis here as a deeply sedimented social problem, and as a problem of social power. Nature, Choice, and Social Power takes a fresh look at the underlying causes and consequences of the environmental impasse, matched with refreshing responses to a host of stubborn questions. Schoenberger argues that getting by in a different, and less environmentally damaging way is a challenge too big for environmentalism-as-we-know-it on its own; moving forward must involve the renovation of democracy and the taming of markets too." –Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada
"Erica Schoenberger has produced a truly stimulating and provocative book. Through detailed historical analyses she shows how environmental problems are the product of the configurations of social power and that our choices are constrained by such configurations. The wonderfully clear writing style makes her argument highly accessible to all. Invaluable." –Peter Dicken, University of Manchester, UK
