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The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age

By Francois Jarrige, Thomas Le Roux, Janice Egan (Translator), Michael Egan (Translator)
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By Francois Jarrige, Thomas Le Roux, Janice Egan (Translator), Michael Egan (Translator)
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The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century.

Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has been accompanied by the spread of industrial pollution. As our capacities for production and our aptitude for consumption have increased, so have their byproducts—chemical contamination from fertilizers and pesticides, diesel emissions, oil spills, a vast “plastic continent” found...

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