Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

By: William R. Catton  

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Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Must read this book - I cannot imagine why this book isn't the top selling book here. It should be. I read it, argued with it, researched to "see if it was so," came back and read it again, cried, argued some more, and slowly began to accept that Catton is telling us the truth.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A Masterwork - I say again, it's a Masterwork. One of the other reviewers said he/she didn't understand why more people don't know about this book, and I'll second that. It has flown under the radar for almost 30 years now, but really deserves a wider audience. With the exception of a small percentage of the text that reveals it's late 1970's origin, the book is strikingly timely.

I had come across and read several excerpts on the web a few years ago, and they just blew me away. Then I found it was available here at Amazon and ordered...wow! The book is hard to put down. It's written in a very accessible style that make it an easy if intimidating read. I'll be re-reading this one for years. Highly recommended!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Overshoot, the Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change - Introduces or reminds us of not only the 'language' of ecology but the necessity and importance of prudent, immediate need for serious life altering action. This is by far the best book I've read on the subject. It should be mandatory supplemental reading for High School/College students in Sociology, Business/Economics, Evolutionary Science or Biology. Catton spells out in great page turning detail how Malthus was right after all. Couldn't put it down! Should be on everyones night stand.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
The seminal, absolutely finest environmental book ever written.... - I bought this book months ago (my first of several copies), as I was trying to decide whether to buy Heinberg's "Peak Everything". I read one of the Heinberg reviews, which suggested that I buy "Overshoot...", and I was so impressed by the review that I purchased Overshoot, instead of another "peak" book.

I cannot possibly say it better than the 12 other current reviewers of Catton's book, but I can say that Overshoot....is THE best ecological/environmental book I've ever seen, no qualifications possible.

Why more people don't know about this book, is hard to say, but the fact is that anyone who is interested in where the world is today in terms of energy and other environmental resources, how we got here and WHY we got here, needs to read this absolutely beautifully written book.

No other overview of the world's current predicaments, comes close to this gem of a document..it is almost as though all the powers of the Universe suddenly descended on Earth and provided the reasons for (and also some of the answers to) our situation, in this one superb book!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Transformational Book - Having recently finished Mr. Catton's book, I find myself at once awed and humbled by the mind that conceived and communicated so well the vision of where humanity now stands and how we climbed out onto this wobbly precipice. I cannot say it any better than the other reviewers here - only can I add another voice saying that this is clearly, in many regards, one of the most important books I have ever read. Open your mind, read it carefully, and I suspect that, like me, you will see with new clarity what is happening before our eyes, circa 2008. The book is transformational; that it was written 26 years ago is even more astounding. Read it.

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