An Environmental History of the World: Humankind's Changing Role in the Community of Life

ISBN-13: 9780415481496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str.

Donal Hughes J.; J. Donald Hughes

Opis

This book is an overview of human history in relationship to the natural environment, from origins to the present, with case studies of different societies in each period

Recenzje

"This would be an important addition to shelves of all scholars engaged with environmental research, whether in the humanities or sciences. It augments the recent surge of titles offering a global view of environmental history." - Frederick S. Milton, Newcastle University

Spis treści

1. Introduction: History and Ecology  2. Primal Harmony  3. The Great Divorce of Culture and Nature  4. Ideas and Impacts  5. The Middle Ages  6. The Transformation of the Biosphere  7. Exploitation and Conservation  8. Modern Environmental Problems  9. Present and Future  10. Conclusion

O autorze

J. Donald Hughes is John Evans Distinguished Professor of History, University of Denver. Author of What is Environmental History? (Polity, 2006), The Mediterranean: An Environmental History (ABC-CLIO, 2005), and Pan's Travail: Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks and Romans (Johns Hopkins, 1994), he is a founding member of the American and European Societies for Environmental History and past editor of Environmental History