ISBN:
0511843763
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1139338366
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1139336622
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9781139336628
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9781139338363
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9780511843761
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 186 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Rev. English ed
Uniform Title:
Umweltgeschichte der Antike
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Thommen, Lukas An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome
DDC:
304.20938
Keywords:
Human ecology History
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Human ecology History To 1500
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
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Ecology
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Human ecology
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History
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Rome Environmental conditions
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Greece History 146 B.C.-323 A.D
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Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C
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Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
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Greece Environmental conditions
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Greece
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Rome (Empire)
Abstract:
In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This book systematically describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of the tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature, from early Greece to the period of late antiquity. At the same time it analyses the comprehensive opening up of the Mediterranean and the northern frontier regions, both for settlement and for economic activity. The book's level and approach make it highly accessible to students and non-specialists
Abstract:
Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity
Abstract:
Part I. Greece. -- The geographic space -- People and nature -- Agriculture -- Forests and timber -- Gardens -- Animals -- Food -- Fire and water -- Earthquakes and volcanoes -- Mining. Part II. Rome -- The geographic space -- People and nature -- Agriculture -- Forests and timber -- Gardens -- Animals -- Food -- Fire and water -- Earthquakes and volcanoes -- Mining -- Urban problems and rural villa construction -- The environment in Roman Britain -- Conclusion.
Note:
"Originally published in German by Verlag C.H. Beck ... München, 2009, as Umweltgeschichte der Antike"--Title page verso
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Based on Umweltgeschichte der Antike, somewhat expanded and with chapter 22, The environment in Roman Britain, added
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-179) and index
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