Environmental history of the world : humankind's changing role in the community of life / Hughes , J.Donald

By:

Hughes, J. Donald

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge studies in physical geography and environment, 2Publication details: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2009. Oxon:Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 306 pISBN:

9780415481502

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DDC classification:

304.28 HUG-E

Contents:

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

Summary: Throughout their evolutionary history, humans have affected the natural environment, sometimes with a promise of sustainable balance, but also in a destructive manner. This book investigates the ways in which environmental changes, often the result of human actions, have caused historical trends in human societies.

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Throughout their evolutionary history, humans have affected the natural environment, sometimes with a promise of sustainable balance, but also in a destructive manner. This book investigates the ways in which environmental changes, often the result of human actions, have caused historical trends in human societies.

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