The politics of the anthropogenic

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-70

  Sayre, Nathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; capitalism; climate change; climax theory; Earth system science; global environment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOLOGY; CAPITALISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM; GLOBAL WARMING; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84873317262     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145846     Document Type: Review

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