{"product_id":"the-long-road-to-sustainability-alexander-gillespie-9780198819516","title":"The Long Road to Sustainability: The Past, Present, and Future of International Environmental Law and Policy","description":"For the last few thousand years, humanity has struggled to achieve sustainable development. Gillespie sees the problem as multi-faceted: a three legged stool of economic, social, and environmental conundrums have stalled the quest for the long term viability of both our species and the\u003cbr\u003eecosystems in which we reside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGillespie moves from the low life expectancy, excessive deforestation, and wetland drainage of the medieval period, through the species loss, coal burning, free trade, and poor waste management of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and to the more recent concerns of climate change, \u003cbr\u003eunsustainable fisheries, and chemical pollutants. By delivering a comprehensive examination of human survival over the past millennium, Gillespie illustrates that the challenges we face are not new - that we now have the means to counter them, is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Gillespie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019881951X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198819516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Alexander Gillespie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47419018936575,"sku":"9780198819516","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8aa7ddc9-27a6-445b-a271-95f2b2931036.jpg?v=1761508940","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-road-to-sustainability-alexander-gillespie-9780198819516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}