Environment, Energy, and Society: Exemplary Works
- ISBN-10
- 0534579574
- ISBN-13
- 9780534579579
- Category
- Science (General)
- Pages
- 431
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Authors
- Craig R. Humphrey, Tammy L. Lewis, Frederick H. Buttel
Description
This text was designed as a reader to accompany Humphrey, Lewis, and Buttel, Environment, Energy, and Society: A New Synthesis (2002). The reader is divided into eight parts exploring issues and topics central to the study of the environment, rural and urban problems.
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