A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations /: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations. (2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations /: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations. (2007)
- Main Title:
- A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations
- Further Information:
- Note: Clive Ponting.
- Other Names:
- Ponting, Clive
- 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.
- Edition:
- Revised edition
- Publisher Details:
- London : Vintage Books
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (x, 452 pages), illustrations, maps
- Subjects:
- 304.28
SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental)
Natural history
Natural resources
Nature and civilization
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Pollution
Social change
The environment
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Natural history
Natural resources
Pollution
Social change
Nature and civilization
Rohstoffverbrauch
Mensch
Umwelt
Ressourcen
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781409000723
1409000729 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780099516682
0099516683 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-434) and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.190131
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