Mosley, Stephen
The Environment in World History - 2nd ed. - New York Routledge 2024 - ix, 119p.
Includes Index
1. Introduction: environment and history
2. The world hunt
3. Forests and forestry
4. Soils and irrigation
5. Cities and the environment
6. Conclusion: beyond the limits?
Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research, The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate, biodiversity, and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century.
Its expanded chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues including the following: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity across the globe; deforestation and the development of strategies to protect the world’s forests; soil degradation caused by worldwide agricultural expansion, one of the most profound ways that humans have altered the planet; the widening impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ecological footprints of the world’s cities; and the rising levels of air, land and water pollution as the trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. Covering the last five hundred years, it offers an essential environmental perspective on well-known world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism, trade and commerce, technological progress and the advance of civilisation.
9781138301597 (PB)
Human ecology -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History
Human ecology -- Case studies
World history
304 / MOS
The Environment in World History - 2nd ed. - New York Routledge 2024 - ix, 119p.
Includes Index
1. Introduction: environment and history
2. The world hunt
3. Forests and forestry
4. Soils and irrigation
5. Cities and the environment
6. Conclusion: beyond the limits?
Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research, The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate, biodiversity, and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century.
Its expanded chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues including the following: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity across the globe; deforestation and the development of strategies to protect the world’s forests; soil degradation caused by worldwide agricultural expansion, one of the most profound ways that humans have altered the planet; the widening impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ecological footprints of the world’s cities; and the rising levels of air, land and water pollution as the trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. Covering the last five hundred years, it offers an essential environmental perspective on well-known world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism, trade and commerce, technological progress and the advance of civilisation.
9781138301597 (PB)
Human ecology -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History
Human ecology -- Case studies
World history
304 / MOS