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020			_a9781839765506 (hbk)
082	0	0	_a303.483 FRE
100	1		_aFressoz, Jean-Baptiste
245	1	0	_aHappy apocalypse : _ba history of technological risk / _cJean-Baptiste Fressoz and translated by David Broder
264		1	_aLondon ; _bVerso, _c2024.
300			_aVII, 259 p. ; _c24 cm.
365			_bRs. 2485.00
505			_aList of Abbreviations - Introduction: Little Modern Disinhibitions - 1 Inoculated with Risk - 2 The Phlanthropic Virus - 3 The Ancien Régime and the Environment - 4 The Birth of the Polluter Pays Principle - 5 Lighting up France after Waterloo - 6 The Mechanics of Fault - Conclusion - Afterword: History as a Smoke Detector - Bibliography - Index.
520			_a"In Happy Apocalypse, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz - co-author of the highly successful The Shock of the Anthropocene - shows how debates on risk and profit in the Industrial Revolution set the foundations of our own precarious times"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aTechnology _xRisk assessment _xHistory.
650		0	_aIndustrialization _xEnvironmental aspects _xHistory.
650		0	_aEnvironmental risk assessment _xHistory.
650		0	_aTechnology and civilization.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects _xHistory.
700	1		_aBroder, David, _etranslator.
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