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A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations / Clive Ponting.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2007.Edition: Rev. edDescription: x, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780143038986
  • 0143038982
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GF75 .P66 2007
Contents:
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.
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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.

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