Stoll, Mark

Profit - An Environmental History

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ISBN 13:: 9781509533237
author:: Stoll, Mark
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Polity Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 280
Dimensions:: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.8 centimetres (0
Genre:: Science, Environment, Science,
Condition:: New
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Profit - getting more out of something than you put into it - is a fundamental concept that has driven human innovation since the dawn of civilization. Historian Mark Stoll explores how capitalism supercharged this process, tracing its many environmental consequences. From medieval Italy to the modern era, Stoll examines how financial innovations and trade networks created vast profits and sweeping cultural changes, often at great cost to people and the planet. He reveals how efficient production led to an energy revolution, but also spawned a new kind of capitalism based on endless individual consumption. Stoll's account places environmental factors at the heart of capitalism's progress, shedding light on the long shadow of its consequences.

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