Environmental History of the World: Humankind's Changing Role in the Community of Life / Edition 1

by J. Donald Hughes

Overview

This original work follows a chronological path through the history of mankind, in relationship to ecosystems around the world. Each chapter concentrates on a general period in human history; each also has three case studies which illustrate the significant patterns occurring at that time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900415481501
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/03/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

J. Donald Hughes is John Evans Distinguished Professor of History, University of Denver. Author of What is Environmental History? (Polity, 2006), The Mediterranean: An Environmental History (ABC-CLIO, 2005), and Pan's Travail: Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks and Romans (Johns Hopkins, 1994), he is a founding member of the American and European Societies for Environmental History and past editor of Environmental History

Table of 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

Editorial Reviews

"This would be an important addition to shelves of all scholars engaged with environmental research, whether in the humanities or sciences. It augments the recent surge of titles offering a global view of environmental history." - Frederick S. Milton, Newcastle University

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