Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; References; PART I: Stratigraphies; 2. Definitions; The Great Acceleration; The Industrial Revolution; The Columbian Exchange; Early Anthropocene; References; 3. Genealogies; References; PART II: Metamorphisms; 4. Nature and culture; References; 5. The anthropos; References; 6. Politics; References; 7. Aesthetics; References; PART III: Fault lines; 8. Biopolitics; References; 9. Energy; References; 10. Scales I: The planetary; References; 11. Scales II: Deep time