A new green history of the world :
Ponting, Clive.
A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations / Clive Ponting. - Rev. ed. - New York : Penguin Books, 2007. - x, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Rev. ed. of: A green history of the world. 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [424]-434) and index.
The lessons of Easter Island -- The foundations of history -- Ninety-nine per cent of human history -- The first great transition -- Destruction and survival -- The long struggle -- Ways of thought -- The rape of the world -- The foundations of inequality -- Disease and death -- The weight of numbers -- The second great transition -- The rise of the city -- Creating the affluent society -- Polluting the world -- The threat to global systems -- The shadow of the past.
9780143038986 0143038982
2007015544
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Natural history.
Natural resources.
Pollution.
Social change.
GF75 / .P66 2007
A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations / Clive Ponting. - Rev. ed. - New York : Penguin Books, 2007. - x, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Rev. ed. of: A green history of the world. 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [424]-434) and index.
The lessons of Easter Island -- The foundations of history -- Ninety-nine per cent of human history -- The first great transition -- Destruction and survival -- The long struggle -- Ways of thought -- The rape of the world -- The foundations of inequality -- Disease and death -- The weight of numbers -- The second great transition -- The rise of the city -- Creating the affluent society -- Polluting the world -- The threat to global systems -- The shadow of the past.
9780143038986 0143038982
2007015544
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Natural history.
Natural resources.
Pollution.
Social change.
GF75 / .P66 2007