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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dauvergne, Peter.

The shadows of consumption: consequences for the global environment/
Peter Dauvergne.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-262-04246-8 (hbk.: alk. paper) 1. Consumption (Economics)Environmental aspects. 2. Environmentalism.

I. Title.

HC79.C6D38 2008

333.7-dc22

2008017002

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