Abbreviations | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Introduction: The Ecological Shadows of Rising Consumption | p. 1 |
An Unbalanced Global Political Economy | p. 3 |
Dying of Consumption | p. 19 |
Automobiles | p. 33 |
Accidental Dependency? The Road to an Auto World | p. 35 |
A Better Ride: Selling Safe and Clean | p. 43 |
The Road Tolls | p. 53 |
The Globalization of Accidents and Emissions | p. 61 |
Leaded Gasoline | p. 65 |
Leaded Science: Pumping Out Profits and Risks | p. 67 |
Lead Must Go | p. 79 |
Taking the Lead Out of Africa | p. 89 |
The Globalization of Risk | p. 93 |
Refrigerators | p. 97 |
Refrigerating the Ozone Layer | p. 99 |
Phasing Out CFC Refrigerators | p. 107 |
Selling the "Superior" Refrigerator | p. 119 |
The Globalization of Plugging In | p. 129 |
Beef | p. 133 |
The Efficient Steer: Fast, Fat, and Cheap | p. 135 |
The Ecology of Big Beef | p. 147 |
Sustainable Beef? Chasing a Stampede of "Regular" Steers | p. 155 |
The Globalization of More Meat | p. 165 |
The Harp Seal Hunt | p. 169 |
To the Red Ice: Heroes and Overharvesting | p. 171 |
The Brutes! Killing Markets with Activism | p. 183 |
Hunting Beaters for Globalizing Markets | p. 193 |
The Globalization of Slippery Markets | p. 203 |
Conclusion: Transforming Global Consumption | p. 207 |
The Illusions of Environmentalism | p. 209 |
A Brighter World Order of Balanced Consumption | p. 219 |
Notes | p. 233 |
References | p. 263 |
Index | p. 289 |
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