An Environmental History of the World: Humankinds's Changing Role in the Community of Life / Edition 2

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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.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415481496
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 12/11/2009
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 320
  • Product dimensions: 6.90 (w) x 9.70 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Table of Contents

List of figures
Acknowledgments
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1 Introduction: history and ecology 1
Environmental history 4
The community of life 5
Community ecology and history 6
Ecological process 7
2 Primal harmony 12
The Serengeti: kinship of humans with other forms of life 14
Kakadu, Australia: the primal tradition 19
Hopi, Arizona: agriculture in the spirit of the land 22
3 The great divorce of culture and nature 30
The Uruk Wall: Gilgamesh and urban origins 33
The Nile Valley: ancient Egypt and sustainability 38
Tikal: the collapse of classic Maya culture 42
4 Ideas and impacts 52
Athens: mind and practice 59
Xian: Chinese environmental problems and solutions 66
Rome: environmental reasons for the decline and fall 73
5 The Middle Ages 83
Florence and the European scene: the barriers to growth 86
Tahiti, Hawai'i, New Zealand: Polynesian impacts on island ecosystems 93
Cuzco: conservation in the empire of the Incas 99
6 The transformation of the biosphere 109
Tenochitlan: the European biotic invasion 113
London: city, country, and empire in the Industrial Age 119
The Galapagos Islands: Darwin's vision of evolution 127
7 Exploitation and conservation 141
The Western Ghats: tradition and change 148
Grand Canyon: preservation or enjoyment? 155
Aswan: the dams and their effects 162
8 Modern environmental problems 174
Bali: a green revolution? 182
Willamette National Forest: now that the big trees are down 188
Bryansk: the aftermath of Chernobyl 193
9 Present and future 206
Denver: a sense of place 213
Amazon: the threats to biodiversity 217
Nairobi and the world: the United Nations Environment Program 224
10 A general conclusion 238
Bibliographical essay: writing on global environmental history 242
Index 249
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