04278nam 2200781Ia 450 991014578020332120200520144314.0978661095876497890485050819048505089978128095876212809587669781417521654141752165110.1515/9789048505081(CKB)1000000000004956(EBL)419825(OCoLC)630532451(SSID)ssj0000197623(PQKBManifestationID)11937356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197623(PQKBWorkID)10154753(PQKB)10805091(MiAaPQ)EBC419825(DE-B1597)532748(OCoLC)994346832(DE-B1597)9789048505081(UkCbUP)CR9789048505081(Au-PeEL)EBL419825(CaPaEBR)ebr10065757(CaONFJC)MIL95876(MiAaPQ)EBC31780044(Au-PeEL)EBL31780044(ScCtBLL)0b1568a6-265f-42bb-8658-997636fb8a09(OCoLC)1159394117(EXLCZ)99100000000000495620020913d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMappae mundi humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective : myths, maps and models /Bert de Vries and Johan Goudsblom (eds.)1st ed.Amsterdam Amsterdam University Pressc20031 online resource (446 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).9789053565353 9053565353 9789053566558 9053566554 Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-444).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 NamesThe 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.Human ecologyAnthropologyHuman ecology.Anthropology.304.2De Vries Bert1752626Goudsblom Johan118153MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145780203321Mappae mundi4187971UNINA