{"product_id":"profit-an-environmental-history-paperback-softback-9781509533244","title":"Profit; An Environmental History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509533244","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProfit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Environmental History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Stoll (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509533244, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... eye-opening... Sweeping in scope yet grounded in intriguing particulars, this offers fresh perspective on an economic system 'we cannot live with... and cannot live without.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Excellent.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResilience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“With knowledge, skill and stories of inventors, entrepreneurs and conservationists, [Stoll] traces developments in technology, transportation, energy, communication, trade and finance.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A concise and interdisciplinary history of capitalism … an excellent read for history enthusiasts.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld History Encyclopedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A story of incredible ingenuity and villainy that begins in the Doge’s palace in medieval Venice and ends with Jeff Bezos aboard his own spacecraft. Mark Stoll’s revolutionary account places environmental factors at the heart of capitalism’s successes and reveals the long shadow of its terrible consequences.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eClimate and Capitalism Ecosocialist Bookshelf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A sweeping and yet highly readable overview of human economic history, from foraging to modern industrial society. It surpasses all others in richness of detail and attention to environmental consequences.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Worster, University of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Our world today is threatened by a resource extractions-driven global economy, the most severe symptom of which is the fossil-fueled warming of our planet. Could tackling the climate crisis be the critical first step in charting a new course that places planet over profit, and sustainability over stuff? Read this book and learn how we got into this mess and how we might just get out.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Pennsylvania and author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Climate War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This book offers important messages – but also fascinating asides and illuminating statistics, as it tells what may be the central tale of the human story.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben, author \u003ci\u003eThe Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProfit\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered, ‘where do we go from here?’ The answer begins with understanding how we got here, and that’s the compelling story \u003ci\u003eProfit\u003c\/i\u003e tells. From the first human miners through the impetuous chaos of the Industrial Revolution to our current impasse between short-term profit and long-term survival, Stoll explains how ‘we have always profited at nature’s expense’ – and how, if we truly understood the magnitude of this price, we’d know that nature offers the key to our survival.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, author of \u003ci\u003eSaving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Incisive and compelling … an enjoyable deep read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamya Swayamprakash, \u003ci\u003eH-Environment\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eProfit: An Environmental History\u003c\/i\u003e is not a formal history book with dates and names of heroes; it rather uses a welcome transdisciplinary approach (obviously centered on profits) to understand how the global environment suffers from capitalism. It intelligently mixes the social, economic, and environmental facets altogether.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectronic Green Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stoll invites us to reflect on how our addiction to fossil fuel, combined with consumer credit and individualized Protestant ethics, has shaped a turbo-charged capitalism. … [\u003ci\u003eProfit\u003c\/i\u003e] offers us a view, both disturbing and welcome in equal measure, on how neoliberal capitalism has splintered social cohesion, including religious and environmental consciousness.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Review of Social History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[A] sweeping yet impressively detailed history of economics that centers the chilling environmental consequences of humanity’s march toward progress.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRice Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stoll’s narrative has a brilliant clarity”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfit — getting more out of something than you put into it — is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored in wood, exploit the land, and refashion ecosystems. As civilization developed, we found more and more ways of extracting surplus value from the earth, often deploying brutally effective methods to discipline people to do the work needed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorian Mark Stoll explains how capitalism supercharged this process and traces its many environmental consequences. The financial innovations of medieval Italy created trade networks that, with the European discovery of the Americas, made possible vast profits and sweeping cultural changes, to the detriment of millions of slaves and indigenous Americans; the industrial age united the world in trade and led to an energy revolution that changed lives everywhere. But when efficient production left society awash in goods, a new sort of capitalism, predicated on endless individual consumption, took its place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis story of incredible ingenuity and villainy begins in the Doge’s palace in medieval Venice and ends with Jeff Bezos aboard his own spacecraft. Mark Stoll’s revolutionary account places environmental factors at the heart of capitalism’s progress and reveals the long shadow of its terrible consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 How It Started\u003cbr\u003e2 Trade and Empire\u003cbr\u003e3 The Wonders of Coal and Machines\u003cbr\u003e4 Age of Steam and Steel\u003cbr\u003e5 Conserving Resources\u003cbr\u003e6 Buy Now – Pay Later\u003cbr\u003e7 Stepping on the Gas\u003cbr\u003e8 Selling Everything\u003cbr\u003e9 The Rise and Globalization of Environmentalism\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Profit - Capitalism and Environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173727760664,"sku":"9781509533244","price":15.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509533244.jpg?v=1781168498","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/profit-an-environmental-history-paperback-softback-9781509533244","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}