Mercury Stories - by Henrik Selin & Noelle Eckley Selin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Mercury offers an opportunity to trace a millennial-scale history of human interactions with an element whose use has both benefited and harmed human well-being in complex and interacting ways. The book develops and applies an analytical framework using the perspective of a human-technical-environmental system to learn from the long history of human mercury use and exposure, and to inform strategies---here done in story form---by which people can effect change towards greater sustainability"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An interdisciplinary analysis of human interactions with mercury through history that sheds light on efforts to promote and achieve sustainability.</b><p>In <i>Mercury Stories</i>, Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin examine sustainability through analyzing human interactions with mercury over thousands of years. They explore how people have made beneficial use of this volatile element, how they have been harmed by its toxic properties, and how they have tried to protect themselves and the environment from its damaging effects. Taking a systems approach, they develop and apply an analytical framework that can inform other efforts to evaluate and promote sustainability. </p><p>After introducing the framework, which uses the lens of a human-technical environmental system and a matrix-based approach to analyze mercury use and exposure, the authors examine five topical mercury systems that each illustrate important issues in mercury science and governance: global cycling of mercury through the atmosphere, land, oceans, and societies; mercury's dangers to human health, including from occupational, medical, and dietary exposure; mercury emissions to the atmosphere from industrial sources; mercury in commercial products and production processes; and mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Finally, looking across the five mercury systems, they distill insights for sustainability analysis more broadly, and draw lessons for researchers, decision-makers, and concerned citizens.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The book demonstrates a multifaceted conceptualization of sustainability, considering societal, technical, and environmental factors while highlighting the importance of both deep technical knowledge and responsive governmental institutions for effective management. Perhaps the most valuable contribution is the matrixed analytical framework, which could be applied in the understanding and management of a broad range of complex sustainability challenges. Viewed in this way, the book should interest all scholars focusing on sustainability and socioenvironmental systems.<br><b>--<i>CHOICE</i></b> <p/>"With a uniquely historical perspective and richly detailed case studies, <i>Mercury Stories</i> offers a new approach for systematically thinking through every element of sustainability as a human, technical, and environmental matter."<br> <b>--Harriet Bulkeley, Professor, Durham University and Utrecht University</b> <p/> "<i>Mercury Stories </i>presents a conceptually novel, operationally useful systems framework for analyzing complex interactions among technology, society, and nature, showing how attention to knowledge and institutions can help manage such interactions in pursuit of sustainability."<br> <b>--William C. Clark</b>, <b> Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development; Director, Sustainability Science Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University</b> <p/> "<i>Mercury Stories </i>offers a valuable contribution to sustainability science by employing a systems perspective to analyze humanity's complex interrelationship with mercury. The book illuminates how mercury pollution led to a regulatory revolution in 1970s Japan and ultimately the world through the Minamata Convention."<br> <b>--Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Henrik Selin is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He is the author of <i>Global Governance of Hazardous Chemicals</i> (MIT Press). <p/>Noelle Eckley Selin is Associate Professor in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. Her research focuses on the environmental transport and fate of mercury and other chemicals.
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