News Release:
Title: The Environment, Natural Resources, and Modern Technology (available
April 2002)
By: Thomas R. DeGregori
A springboard for environmental discussion for years to come. The most
controversial book you'll read this year!
This controversial author presents a new perspective on today's environmental
issues. Taking on those who hail the natural lifestyle as the healthy,
politically correct path, DeGregori examines the economics of green
consumerism, the reality of saving the environment, how historical cultures may
have influenced environmental damage, and why being ecologically correct may
have a more damaging effect on our environment.
Not just a regurgitation of theories, The Environment, Natural Resources, and
Modern Technology offers practical alternatives and realistic strategies to
enhance our natural resources and environment in harmony with today's modern
technology.
This book should be required reading in classrooms teaching biology, history,
forestry, agriculture, natural resources, agricultural engineering, ecology,
and other natural sciences. Readers interested in the environment,
natural resources, and green consumerism will find this book to be a great
information source filled with fresh, innovative perspectives.
About the Author: Thomas R. DeGregori, Ph.D., is a professor of economics at the
University of Houston, Texas, and author of numerous scholarly books, articles,
and reviews. His fields of expertise are economic development; technology and
science in economic development; and African, Asian, and Caribbean economic
development. Dr. DeGregori has served on many editorial boards and boards of
directors and is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Council on
Science and Health. Dr. DeGregori is a popular speaker, lecturer, and
consultant both nationally and internationally.
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The
environment, our natural resources, and modern technology /
Thomas R DeGregori
2002 1st ed. (Expected out, April 2002)
English Book/Text p. cm.
Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press: A Blackwell Scientific Publishing Co,
ISBN: 0813808693
Mark:
Database:WorldCat
Ownership:Check the catalogs in
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Title:The environment, our
natural resources, and modern technology /
Author(s):DeGregori, Thomas R.
Publication:Ames, Iowa : Iowa State
Press: A Blackwell Scientific Publishing Co,
Edition: 1st ed.
Projected
Date:0204
Year:2002
Description:p. cm. p.
Language:English
Standard
No:ISBN: 0813808693; LCCN:
2002-57
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:Environmentalism
Human
ecology.
Note(s):Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Class
Descrpt:LC: GE195; Dewey: 304.2
Responsibility:by Thomas R. DeGregori.
Document
Type:Book
Entry:20020117
Update:20020127
Accession
No:OCLC: 48876458
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Agriculture
and Modern Technology: A Defense By Thomas R. DeGregori (June 2001) 320 pages,
6 x 9, hardcover, ISBN 8-8138-0342-X, $54.95 has been doing extremely
well and The Cato Institute will be bringing it out as a mass marketed
paperback this fall under a different title. I am working on another book
manuscript on the History of Vitalism, Homeopathy and "Organic"
Agriculture as Ideology (in contrast to the rise of quantitative, scientific
Chemistry, Biology, Nutrition and Agronomy to which they are a reaction). I
expect to have the manuscript completed before Christmas.
As excited as I am about the sales of Agriculture and Modern Technology and
with a forthcoming paperback edition, I am a bit disappointed with the Library
acquisitions (134 as of this morning compared to well over 400 or even 500 in
one case for previous books of mine). I would be extremely grateful for any
recommendations for the book to any libraries, small or large - village, country,
private, city, college or university. I would expect that any library sales
will help the paperback edition and not harm it as I am grateful both to Iowa
and Cato for supporting the book.
Thomas
R. DeGregori, Ph.D.
Professor
of Economics
University
of Houston
Department
of Economics
204
McElhinney Hall
Houston,
Texas 77204-5019
Ph.
001 - 1 - 713 743-3838
Fax
001 - 1 - 713 743-3798
Email
trdegreg@uh.edu
Web
homepage http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg