ISBN:
9780199844951
,
9780190849856
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 265 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln
,
Illustrationen
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25 cm
Edition:
First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Worster, Donald, 1941 - Shrinking the earth
DDC:
304.2097
Keywords:
Human ecology History
;
North America
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
Erschöpfbare Ressourcen
;
Steady-State-Ökonomie
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Umweltbelastung
;
Nordamerika
Abstract:
The discovery of the Americas around 1500 AD was an extraordinary watershed in human experience. It gave rise to the modern period of human ecology, a phenomenon global in scope that set in motion profound changes in almost every society on earth. This new period, which saw the depletion of the lands of the New World, proved tragic for some, triumphant for others, and powerfully affecting for all. (Provided by publisher)
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