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1 Online-Ressource (viii, 341 pages)
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ISBN:
9781139173599
Series Statement:
Studies in environment and history
Content:
Since 1492, when Columbus 'discovered' America, the world has been moving toward an increasingly integrated global economy, higher population levels and consequently greater resource demands, and an increasingly precarious state of the biosphere. These developments play a major part in both modern history and in daily life. Understanding their interrelationships and development is crucial to the future of humanity and of the Earth, and is the unifying theme of this collection of readings
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Introduction: The vulnerable earth: toward a planetary history
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[1.] Dynamics of change: Environment, population, and technology in primitive societies
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Climatic fluctuations and population problems in early modern history
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The English Industrial Revolution
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[2.] The European invasion: Ecological imperialism: the overseas migration of Western Europeans as a biological phenomenon
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The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala
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Toward an archaeology of colonialism: elements in the ecological transformation of the Ivory Coast
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The myth of the Southern soil miner: macrohistory, agricultural innovation, and environmental change
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Toward an interactive theory of nature and culture: ecology, production, and cognition in the California fishing industry
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Efficiency, equity, esthetics: shifting themes in American conservation
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The changing face of Soviet conservation
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Conclusion: Toward a biosphere consciousness
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Appendix: Doing environmental history
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521343657
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521348461
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521343657
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139173599
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