Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 271 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0226758109
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9780748621583
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9780226758107
Content:
Courses which deal with environmental history have long lacked a comprehensive overview. I. G. Simmons has made a significant contribution with a book that looks at the long-term history of environment and humanity from 10,000 BC to AD 2000. This far-reaching text considers the global picture and recognises the contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences, the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities. As a starting point, this book takes the major phases of human technological evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have affected the natural worl
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Prologue: Mustering the marks; 1. Resonances; 2. The gatherer-hunters and their world; 3. Pre-industrial agriculture; 4. An industrious world; 5. A post-industrial era?; 6. Emerging themes; Further reading; Glossary; Acronyms; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748621583
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Global Environmental History : 10,000 BC to AD 2000
Language:
English
