List of Figures vii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction The Meaning of the Anthropocene 1
Chapter 1 The Hidden History of the Anthropocene 17
Chapter 2 How to Divide Geological Time 43
Chapter 3 Down from the Trees 79
Chapter 4 Farming, the First Energy Revolution 113
Chapter 5 Globalization 1.0, the Modern World 147
Chapter 6 Fossil Fuels, the Second Energy Revolution 189
Chapter 7 Globalization 2.0, the Great Acceleration 225
Chapter 8 Living in Epoch-Making Times 267
Chapter 9 Defining the Anthropocene 295
Chapter 10 How We Became a Force of Nature 329
Chapter 11 Can Homo dominatus Become Wise? 367
Notes 417
Index 449