Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Ecological Shadows of Rising Consumption -- 1 An Unbalanced Global Political Economy -- 2 Dying of Consumption -- I Automobiles -- 3 Accidental Dependency? The Road to an Auto World -- 4 A Better Ride: Selling...

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