List of plates vii
List of figures viii
List of boxes x
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD 1 Rough guide to a lonely planet
2 MATERIAL TRANSITIONS 22
The birth of the industrial economy
3 FAREWELL TO LOVE CANAL 40 From industrial afterthought to environmental foresight
4 A STITCH IN TIME 58 The principles of prevention
5 EASY VIRTUES 85 Saving money through pollution prevention
6 PERSISTENT VICES 105 Understanding resistance to change
7 BACK TO THE FUTURE 126 Reinventing the service economy
8 NEGOTIATING CHANGE 144 Dematerialisation and the profit motive
9 GROWTH IN CRISIS 160 Untangling the logic of wealth
10 BEYOND MATERIAL CONCERNS 177 Regaining quality of life
Notes 194
Select bibliography 208
Index 210
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