Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction. What Was an Environment? 1
4. Chapter 1. The World in the Museum: Natural History and the Invention of Organisms and Environments in Post- Revolutionary Paris 17
5. Chapter 2. Environments of Empire: Disease, Race, and Statistics in the British Caribbean 48
6. Chapter 3. The Urban Milieu: Evolutionary Theory and Social Reform in Progressive Chicago 78
7. Chapter 4. The Biosphere as Battlefield: Strategic Materials and Systems Theories in a World at War 106
8. Chapter 5. The Evolution of Risk: Toxicology, Consumption, and the US Environmental Movement 135
9. Chapter 6. The Human Planet: Globalization, Climate Change, and the Future of Civilization on Earth 163
10. Conclusion. What Might the Environment Become? 193
11. Acknowledgments 215
12. Notes 221
13. Index 269