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A green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations  Cover Image Book Book

A green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations

Ponting, Clive. (Author).

Summary: Provocative and rich in illuminating detail, sanely and calmly argued to view the nature of history with new eyes.

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  • ISBN: 0140176608
  • ISBN: 9780140176605
  • ISBN: 0312069891
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1993, ©1991.

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General Note:
Originally published: London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993, ©1991.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-412) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 -- The spread of European settlement -- Ways of thought -- The rape of the world -- Creating the third world -- The changing face of death -- The weight of numbers -- The second great transition -- The rise of the city -- Creating the affluent society -- Polluting the world -- The shadow of the past.
Subject: Nature Effect of human beings on
Natural history
Natural resources
Pollution
Social change

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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