Foreword by William Cronon
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Cold War Roots of Global Warming
2. Scientists, Environmentalists, and the Global Atmosphere
3. Making the Global Environment
4. Climate, the Environment, and Scientific Activism
5. The Politics of Dissent
6. The IPCC and the Primacy of Science
7. The Gospel of the Market
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
In Behind the Curve, Joshua Howe explores the history of global warming from its roots as a scientific curiosity to its place at the center of international environmental politics.
Joshua P. Howe is assistant professor of history and environmental studies at Reed College.
"Howe’s strong insight into how individuals, institutions, and
governments interact produces a fascinating yet distressing story,
proving that despite its aspirations towards objectivity, applied
science historically is a flawed, human tale approaching a
classical tragedy."
*Publisher’s Weekly*
"Fastidiously researched….there are no clear heroes and
villains…Howe relates a multi-layered conflict that is leading us
to a catastrophe of biblical proportions."
*South China Morning Post*
"In Howe’s Behind the Curve we have a good story, and an
instructive one. It is not the only story to tell about climate
change and it won’t be the last. But it is one that should be
listened to."
*Climatic Change*
"As the debate rages on…read about it here."
*Wildlife Activist*
"[E]xcellent...the first study to explore the links between climate
science and postwar politics in depth."
*Public Books*
"Howe's take on the role of scientists as advocates for political
action will be of interest to anyone concerned with the politics of
climate change."
*Topograph*
"An exhaustive look at scientific, political and social responses
to climate change, starting with the discovery of the greenhouse
effect in 1958."
*Willamette Week*
"Page after page, Behind the Curve demonstrates the profound
tension between science and politics—or more accurately, the
anxiety among scientists that their credibility would be torpedoed
if they allowed themselves to be lured from the safe harbor of
factual inquiry into the treacherous shoals of politics."
*Reed Magazine*
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