Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature
by McDaniel, Carl N, and Gowdy, John M
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520222296
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222298
- Seller
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About This Item
University of California Press, 2000. Trade paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by both authors, and with a gift inscription by and signed by Carl. A tiny tear to upper spine. "The grim history of Nauru Island, a small speck in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia, represents a larger story of environmental degradation and economic dysfunction. For more than 2,000 years traditional Nauruans, isolated from the rest of the world, lived in social and ecological stability. But in 1900 the discovery of phosphate, an absolute requirement for agriculture, catapulted Nauru into the world market. Colonial imperialists who occupied Nauru and mined it for its lucrative phosphate resources devastated the island, which forever changed its native people. In 1968 Nauruans regained rule of their island and immediately faced a conundrum: to pursue a sustainable future that would protect their truly valuable natural resourcesâthe biological and physical integrity of their islandâor to mine and sell the remaining forty-year supply of phosphate and in the process make most of their home useless. They did the latter".
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010021225
- Title
- Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature
- Author
- McDaniel, Carl N, and Gowdy, John M
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520222296
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222298
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, Ca
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Biology, nature
- X weight
- 10 oz
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