{"title":"Jean-Baptiste Fressoz","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection dedicated to the thought-provoking works of Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. As an acclaimed historian, Fressoz delves deep into the interconnected worlds of science, nature, and history, providing readers with insightful perspectives on the past and its impact on our present and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn books like \u003cem\u003eHappy Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e, Fressoz explores the intricate environmental, social, and technological dynamics that have shaped human history. His work challenges conventional narratives and sheds light on the complex relationship between nature and society, making it an enlightening read for anyone interested in understanding the role of humanity in the larger ecological tapestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother intriguing title, \u003cem\u003eMore and More and More, More and More and More\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the relentless pursuit of growth and progress. With a captivating narrative, Fressoz examines the historical drivers of consumption and expansion, encouraging readers to reflect on sustainability and the future of our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is perfect for those passionate about history, military developments, and the intricate dance between human civilisation and the natural world. Dive into the works of Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and embark on a journey through time, science, and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"more-and-more-and-more-by-jean-baptiste-fressoz-9780241718896","title":"More and More and More","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will change the way we talk about climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition—with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear and then at some future point all replaced by green sources. Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's devastating but unnervingly entertaining book shows what an extraordinary delusion this is. Far from the industrial era passing through a series of transformations, each new phase has in practice remained almost wholly entangled with the previous one. Indeed the very idea of transition turns out to be untrue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author shares the same acute anxiety about the need for a green transition as the rest of us, but shows how, disastrously, our industrial history has in fact been based on symbiosis, with each major energy source feeding off the others. Using a fascinating array of examples, Fressoz describes how we have gorged on all forms of energy—with whole forests needed to prop up coal mines, coal remaining central to the creation of innumerable new products and oil still central to our lives. The world now burns more wood and coal than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals an uncomfortable truth—'transition' was originally itself promoted by energy companies, not as a genuine plan, but as a means to put off any meaningful change. \u003cem\u003eMore and More and More\u003c\/em\u003e forces its readers to understand the modern world in all its voracious reality, and the true nature of the challenges heading our way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849569489132,"sku":"9780241718896","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/902503482274.jpg?v=1759052533"},{"product_id":"happy-apocalypse-by-jean-baptiste-fressoz-9781839765506","title":"Happy Apocalypse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do we accept pollution in the name of progress? Why has the pursuit of modernity permitted increasing exposure to environmental catastrophe? In \u003cem\u003eHappy Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz—co-author of the highly successful \u003cem\u003eThe Shock of the Anthropocene\u003c\/em\u003e—shows how debates on risk and profit in the Industrial Revolution set the foundations of our own precarious times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book plunges us into the controversies and struggles around vaccines and factories, railways and urban infrastructure, steam engines and chemical industries. It presents the dangers of progress as everyday hazards to be tolerated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor instance, the 'polluter pays principle' is often seen as a 1970s invention aimed at curbing pollution. In fact, it was established in the early 19th century under the pressure of industrial capitalists themselves and replaced a far more stringent way of regulating pollution based on police.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, Fressoz argues that the determination of risk management has been used to suppress protests and alternative models of economic advancement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854567723244,"sku":"9781839765506","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b5de5e7ef5e2c079b90f2ff1bc0813dd.jpg?v=1759268234"},{"product_id":"more-and-more-and-more-by-jean-baptiste-fressoz-9781802067316","title":"More and More and More","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will alter how we discuss climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition — with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear and then at some future point all replaced by green sources. 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