Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION. The Meaning of the Anthropocene 1
6. CHAPTER 1. The Hidden History of the Anthropocene 17
7. CHAPTER 2. How to Divide Geological Time 43
8. CHAPTER 3. Down from the Trees 79
9. CHAPTER 4. Farming, the First Energy Revolution 113
10. CHAPTER 5. Globalization 1.0, the Modern World 147
11. CHAPTER 6. Fossil Fuels, the Second Energy Revolution 189
12. CHAPTER 7. Globalization 2.0, the Great Acceleration 225
13. CHAPTER 8. Living in Epoch- Making Times 267
14. CHAPTER 9. Defining the Anthropocene 295
15. CHAPTER 10. How We Became a Force of Nature 329
16. CHAPTER 11. Can Homo dominatus Become Wise? 367
17. Notes 417
18. Index 449