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Main Title An environmental history of the world : humankind's changing role in the community of life /
Author Hughes, J. Donald
Publisher Routledge,
Year Published 2001
OCLC Number 45743336
ISBN 0415136180; 9780415136181; 0415136199; 9780415136198
Subjects Human ecology--History ; Nature--Effect of human beings on--History ; Biotic communities--History ; 4290 ecology: general--(NL-LeOCL)077603583 ; Facteurs humains ; Effets sur l'environnement ; Ecologie humaine ; Histoire ; Société ; Biosphäre ; Geschichte ; Humanèokologie ; Kultur ; Mensch ; Umwelt ; Umweltschutz ; Anthropogener Einfluss ; Umweltverñderung ; Menselijke invloed ; Biosphäre--(DE-588)4140407-5 ; Geschichte--(DE-588)4020517-4 ; Humanèokologie--(DE-588)4026152-9 ; Kultur--(DE-588)4125698-0 ; Mensch--(DE-588)4038639-9 ; Umwelt--(DE-588)4061616-2 ; Umweltschutz--(DE-588)4061644-7 ; Umweltveränderung ; Ecologie humaine--Histoire ; Homme--Influence sur la nature--Histoire ; Bioc enoses--Histoire
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ERAM  GF13.H83 2001 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 06/11/2004
Collation xiv, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-248) and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction: History and ecology -- Primal harmony -- The great divorce of culture and nature -- Ideas and impacts -- The Middle Ages -- The transformation of the biosphere -- Exploitation and conservation -- Modern environmental problems -- Present and future -- A general conclusion. 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.