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William R. Catton Jr.

Born

in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States

January 15, 1926

Died

January 05, 2015

Website

http://thegreatstory.org/william-catton.html

Genre

Science, Nonfiction

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William R. Catton, Jr. was an American sociologist best known for his scholarly work in environmental sociology and human ecology. The calm but unflinching realist got most praise for his 1980 book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change.

Catton had graduated from Oberlin College with an A.B. degree in 1950, whereupon he entered the graduate program in sociology at the University of Washington. He earned his M.A. there in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1954. He was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Washington State University. Catton served as president of the Pacific Sociological Association 1984-85 and as the first chair of the American Sociological Association Section on Environmental Sociology.

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Average rating: 4.44 · 487 ratings · 78 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change by William R. Catton Jr., Stewart L. Udall (Foreword) 4.45 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bottleneck: Humanity's Impending Impasse 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sociological Theory and the Environment: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights by Riley E. Dunlap (Contributor), Frederick H. Buttel (Editor), Peter Dickens (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Animistic to Naturalistic Sociology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conceptual Sociology: A Self-Teaching Manual of Exercises by Otto N. Larsen, William R. Catton Jr. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1971	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sociological Inquiry: November 2009; Volume 79, Number 4 by William R. Freudenburg, Steve Kroll-Smith (editor), William R. Catton Jr. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Fate, he explained, is shaping history when what happens to us was intended by no one and was the summary outcome of innumerable small decisions about other matters by innumerable people.”
― William R. Catton Jr., Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

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“As numerous and as technologically advanced as mankind on the average had already become after four centuries of exuberance, we had besieged ourselves. Each of us was now doing damage, just by living, to the life support systems of our finite planet.”
― William R. Catton Jr., Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

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“Posterity doesn't vote, and doesn't exert much influence in the marketplace. So the living go on stealing from their descendants.”
― William R. Catton Jr., Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

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