The Ends of the earth : perspectives on modern environmental history
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The Ends of the earth : perspectives on modern environmental history
(Studies in environment and history)
Cambridge University Press, 1988
- : pbk.
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 309-323
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Since 1492, when Columbus 'discovered' America, the world has been moving toward an increasingly integrated global economy, higher population levels and consequently greater resource demands, and an increasingly precarious state of the biosphere. These developments play a major part in both modern history and in daily life. Understanding their interrelationships and development is crucial to the future of humanity and of the Earth, and is the unifying theme of this collection of readings.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction: 1. The vulnerable Earth: toward a planetary history Donald Worster
- Part II. Dynamics of Change: 2. Environment, population, and technology in primitive societies Ester Boserup
- 3. Climatic fluctuations and population problems in early modern history Gustaf Utterstroem
- 4. The English industrial revolution Richard G. Wilkinson
- Part III. The European Invasion: 5. Ecological imperialism: the overseas migration of Western Europeans as a biological phenomenon Alfred W. Crosby
- 6. The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala Richard P. Tucker
- 7. Toward an archaeology of colonialism: elements in the ecological transformation of the Ivory Coast Timothy C. Weiskel
- Part IV. Conserving Nature - Past and Present: 8. The myth of the southern soil miner: macrohistory, agricultural innovation, and environmental change Carville Earle
- 9. Toward an interactive theory of nature and culture: ecology, production, and cognition in the California fishing industry Arthur F. McEvoy
- 10. Efficiency, equity, esthetics: shifting themes in American cconservation Clayton R. Koppes
- 11. The changing face of soviet conservation Douglas R. Weiner
- Part V. Conclusion: 12. Toward a biosphere consciousness Raymond F. Dasmann
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.
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