TY - BOOK AU - McNeill, J.R. AU - McNeill,John Robert AU - Pádua,José Augusto AU - Rangarajan,Mahesh TI - Environmental History: As if nature existed T2 - Ecological economics and human well-being SN - 9780198064480 (hbk.) U1 - 304.2 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Nature KW - Human ecology KW - Effect of human beings on KW - History KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Global studies -- ; 1. Environmental history in general and in Asia / John R. McNeill -- ; 2. From the frying pan into the fire / Fridolin Krausmann, Heinz Schandl, and Marina Fischer-Kowalski -- ; 3. Economic development, environment, and society: learning from Karl William Kapp (1910-1976) / Tommaso Luzzati -- ; 4. Urban sanitation through the lens of Thomas Kuhn / Kumudini Abeysuriya, Cynthia Mitchell, and Juliet Willetts -- ; Part II. Macro-regional studies -- ; 5. Environmental resources and China's historical development / Bao Maohong -- ; 6. Of nature and nationalism: rethinking India's Nehru / Mahesh Rangarajan -- ; 7. European colonialism and tropical forest destruction in Brazil: environment beyond economic history / José Augusto Pádua -- ; Part III. Micro-regional studies -- ; 8. Globalization and tribal histories in eastern India / Vinita Damodaran -- ; 9. From the green revolution to the gene revolution in India: 1965-2008 / Asmita Bhardwaj -- ; 10. Migration and ecological consequences: the case of Kerala, India / V.P. Raghavan -- ; 11. Policy root in environmental degradation: the case of Chittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh / Golam Rasul N2 - "This volume is situated at the crossroads of two new sub-disciplines - ecological economics and environmental history. The common concern of environmental historians is to ask when and how humans have reshaped the earth and in turn how nature has influenced human choices. At a time of epochal economic and ecological change, there are new insights and debates into how economic and ecological processes are inseparable. This volume fills a vacuum by addressing precisely these concerns." "Histories of environmental change and ecological economics are both cutting-edge disciplines, and this collection presents writings of some of the world's leading scholars on a range of topics. The conceptual essays explore issues of technology choice and energy options. Case studies from emerging economies such as Brazil, India, and China take a rare look at the affinity between ecology and economics, covering topics as diverse as human migration and mining, deforestation, and the gene-based agricultural revolution With contributions from the fields of sociology, history, ecology, and economics, in a language that is as lucid as the approach is sophisticated, this work is vital to anyone interested in a future that reconciles sustainability and equity. Scholars, teachers, and students of natural and social sciences, policymakers, and engaged citizens will find in it ideas that will both stimulate and inform."--Jacket ER -