The Turning Points of Environmental History.
Uekötter, Frank.
The Turning Points of Environmental History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (219 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Thinking Big: The Broad Outlines of a Burgeoning Field -- 2. The First Hundred Thousand Years -- 3. Agriculture -- 4. Forest History -- 5. The Nation-State -- 6. Urban Environmental History -- 7. The "1950s Syndrome" and the Transition from a Slow-Going to a Rapid Loss of Global Sustainability -- 8. Modern Environmentalism -- 9. The Knowledge Society -- 10. Desertification -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index.
In this volume, an international group of environmental historians examine the significant ways in which humans have impacted their surroundings throughout history.
9780822977629
Environmental sciences-History.
Human ecology-History.
Environmentalism-History.
Environmental degradation-History.
Nature-Effect of human beings on.
Electronic books.
GE50
333.7209
The Turning Points of Environmental History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (219 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Thinking Big: The Broad Outlines of a Burgeoning Field -- 2. The First Hundred Thousand Years -- 3. Agriculture -- 4. Forest History -- 5. The Nation-State -- 6. Urban Environmental History -- 7. The "1950s Syndrome" and the Transition from a Slow-Going to a Rapid Loss of Global Sustainability -- 8. Modern Environmentalism -- 9. The Knowledge Society -- 10. Desertification -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index.
In this volume, an international group of environmental historians examine the significant ways in which humans have impacted their surroundings throughout history.
9780822977629
Environmental sciences-History.
Human ecology-History.
Environmentalism-History.
Environmental degradation-History.
Nature-Effect of human beings on.
Electronic books.
GE50
333.7209