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Global Environmental History : 10,000 BC to AD 2000 / Ian G Simmons.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) : 6 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748621583
  • 9780748629510
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Typographic Notes -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Prologue: Mustering the marks -- Chapter 1 Resonances -- Chapter 2 The gatherer-hunters and their world -- Chapter 3 Pre-industrial agriculture -- Chapter 4 An industrious world -- Chapter 5 A post-industrial era? -- Chapter 6 Emerging themes -- Further reading -- Glossary -- List of Acronyms -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621590');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 world. It then considers the response to conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations into a long-term perspective. This is a book of history, not prophecy, and so makes no judgements on current anxieties.Key FeaturesIncludes a glossary of unfamiliar terms Notable in being a history and not a polemic Examines the interrelation of history and nature, drawing on many fields of learning Extensive coverage makes this ideal background reading for more specialised treatments and studies"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748629510

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Typographic Notes -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Prologue: Mustering the marks -- Chapter 1 Resonances -- Chapter 2 The gatherer-hunters and their world -- Chapter 3 Pre-industrial agriculture -- Chapter 4 An industrious world -- Chapter 5 A post-industrial era? -- Chapter 6 Emerging themes -- Further reading -- Glossary -- List of Acronyms -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621590');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 world. It then considers the response to conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations into a long-term perspective. This is a book of history, not prophecy, and so makes no judgements on current anxieties.Key FeaturesIncludes a glossary of unfamiliar terms Notable in being a history and not a polemic Examines the interrelation of history and nature, drawing on many fields of learning Extensive coverage makes this ideal background reading for more specialised treatments and studies"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)