Tropic of chaos: climate change and the new geography of violence
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New York : Nation Books, c2011.
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Book
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viii, 295 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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An investigative journalist visits the economically and politically battered post-colonial nations around the earth's mid-latitudes and reveals how extreme weather in the era of climate change is breeding banditry, humanitarian crises, and state failure.
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Wallingford Adult Nonfiction
304.25 PARENTI
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English
ISBN:
9781568586007, 1568586000
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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An investigative journalist visits the economically and politically battered post-colonial nations around the earth's mid-latitudes and reveals how extreme weather in the era of climate change is breeding banditry, humanitarian crises, and state failure.
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Parenti, C. (2011). Tropic of chaos: climate change and the new geography of violence. New York, Nation Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Parenti, Christian. 2011. Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. New York, Nation Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Parenti, Christian, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. New York, Nation Books, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Parenti, Christian. Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. New York, Nation Books, 2011.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Pt. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- Pt. II. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- Pt. III. Asia -- Drugs, drought and Jihad : environmental history of the Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's little climate war -- India and Pakistan : glaciers, rivers, and unfinished business-- India's drought rebels -- Pt. IV. Latin America -- Rio's agony : from extreme weather to "planet of slums" -- Golgotha mexicana : climate refugees, free trade, and the war next door -- American walls and demagogues -- Implications and possibilities. | |
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