Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415937320
Category : Human beings
Languages : en
Pages :
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Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415937320
Category : Human beings
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
Author: Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: O-Z
Author: Shepard KrechPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415937351
Category : Human beings
Languages : en
Pages : 1429
Book Description
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
Author: Shepard KrechPublisher:
ISBN: 9781614720850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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World historians, anthropologists, geographers, and biologists from 26 countries have pooled their knowledge to trace the interaction of humankind and nature over the course of human history, across cultures, and in the modern world. In more than 500 accessible articles emphasizing cross-cultural exchange, diffusion, and change over time, these scholars demonstrate why the approaches of environmental history are having such wide influence, and how past problems can cast new light on current debates. The distinguished editors were assisted by an international editorial advisory board and eminent contributors including Donald Worster, Alfred Crosby, William McNeill, and James Lovelock.
An Environmental History of the World
Author: J. Donald HughesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134017820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: 0-Z, index
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ISBN: 9780415937320
Category : Human beings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Contains 520 alphabetically arranged entries that examine the environmental history of the world, covering the arts, economic systems, people, places, events, religion, biomes, technology and science, climate, energy sources, regulation, and other topics; and includes maps, photographs, sidebars, and an index.
Encyclopedia of American Environmental History
Author: Kathleen A. BrosnanWhat is Environmental History?
Author: J. Donald HughesPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745688446
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a masterful overview of the thinkers, topics, and perspectives that have come to constitute the exciting discipline that is environmental history. He does so on a global scale, drawing together disparate trends from a rich variety of countries into a unified whole, illuminating trends and key themes in the process. Those already familiar with the discipline will find themselves invited to think about the subject in a new way. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent developments, trends, and new work in environmental history, as well as a brand new note on its possible future. Students and scholars new to environmental history will find the book both an indispensable guide and a rich source of inspiration for future work.
A Dictionary of Environmental History
Author: Ian WhytePublisher:
ISBN: 9780755618712
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Increasing awareness of the extent and cause of environmental problems has fuelled the emergence of a new and timely discipline: environmental history. An exciting blend of geography, history, archaeology, anthropology, landscape, environment and science, it seeks to reveal how human activity has affected the environment in the past and how we, in turn, have been affected by that environment. How did people use and transform their environment? What problems of pollution and resource depletion occurred? What has been the impact of industrialisation and urbanisation? How have people's perceptions of nature and the environment changed over time? Environmental historians are revealing how and why our environment changed in the past, they are providing key insights into the mechanisms that influence environmental change today, and are helping to make informed decisions on crucial environmental concerns such as deforestation, desertification, pollution, global warming and climate change. Professor Whyte's A Dictionary of Environmental History provides in a single volume a comprehensive reference work covering the past 12,000 years of the Earth's environmental history. An introduction to the discipline is followed by almost 1,000 entries covering key terminology, events, places, dates, topics, as well as the major personalities in the history of the discipline. Entries range from shorter factual accounts to substantial mini-essays on major topics and issues. Fully cross-referenced and with an extensive bibliography, this pioneering work provides an authoritative yet accessible resourcethat will form essential reading for academics, practitioners and students of environmental history and related disciplines."--Bloomsbury publishing.
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