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Carbon ideologies volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xvi, 667 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic book about the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coal fields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, where "America's best friend" is not merely a fuel, but a "heritage." Over the course of four years Vollmann finds hollowed out towns with coal-polluted streams and acidified drinking water; makes covert visits to mountaintop removal mines; and offers documented accounts...
Author
Series
Carbon ideologies volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xx, 601 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most important issues of our age, from poverty to violence to the dark soul of American imperialism as it has played out on the U.S./Mexico border. Now, Vollmann turns to a topic that will define the generations to come--the factors and human actions that have led to global warming. Vollmann begins No Immediate Danger, the first volume of Carbon Ideologies,...
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