Description: A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities
Review Quotes: "A remarkably clear and accessible study of multiple dimensions of the environmental crisis and their effects on the humanities."--J. R. McNeill, coauthor of The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
"A text of great importance that investigates how science, technology, and the humanities can create a new and compelling awareness of human impact on earth."--Mary Evelyn Tucker, coauthor of Journey of the Universe "Carolyn Merchant has written a pithy, well-rounded introduction to what the environmental humanities can offer in moving our planet toward an Age of Sustainability."--Edward Melillo, author of Strangers on Familiar Soil "Carolyn Merchant provides a useful interdisciplinary primer on the supreme challenges of living responsibly in the era of continual climate change. Her tone is both analytical and personal, and she offers a vision for an ecologically just future."--Jacob Darwin Hamblin, author of Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism