Mappae mundi : humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective : myths, maps and models / / Bert de Vries and Johan Goudsblom (eds.)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145780203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2003
• ISBN: 9786610958764; 9789048505081; 9048505089; 9781280958762; 1280958766; 9781417521654; 1417521651
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Altri autori (Persone): De VriesBert; GoudsblomJohan
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetti: Human ecology; Anthropology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-444).
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Editors' Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Towards a Historical View of Humanity and the Biosphere / Goudsblom, Johan / Vries, Bert de -- 2. Introductory Overview: the Expanding Anthroposphere / Goudsblom, Johan -- 3. The Holocene: Global Change and Local Response / Marchant, Robert / Vries, Bert de -- 4. Environment and the Great Transition: Agrarianization / Vries, Bert de / Marchant, Robert -- 5. Exploring the Past: on Methods and Concepts / Vries, Bert de / Marchant, Robert / Greef, Jodi de -- 6. Increasing Social Complexity / Vries, Bert de -- 7. Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean / Leeuw, Sander van der / Vries, Bert de -- 8. Understanding: Fragments of a Unifying Perspective / Vries, Bert de / Thompson, Michael / Wirtz, Kai -- 9. Population and Environment in Asia since 1600 AD / Revi, Aromar / Dronin, Nikolai M. / Vries, Bert de -- 10. The Past 250 Years: Industrialization and ; Globalization / Goudsblom, Johan -- 11. Back to Nature? The Punctuated History of a Natural Monument / Westbroek, Peter -- 12. Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospects / Goudsblom, Johan / Vries, Bert de -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the authors -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names -- Index of Geographic Names
• Sommario/riassunto: The interaction between humans and their natural environment today is unprecedented in its scope and complexity, and recent scholarly research attests to the need for a multidisciplinary approach to fully study it. <i>Mappae Mundi</i> answers this call for a scholarly synthesis, illuminating dominant social trends affecting the relationship between human societies and the environment.Contributors discuss this relationship, and analyze several different possibilities for the future. <i>Mappae Mundi</i> will appeal to social scientists or anyone interested in the current and future consequences of our interaction with the natural environment.