03361nam 2200685Ia 450 991081954790332120200520144314.00-7486-7076-91-281-35752-997866113575280-7486-2951-310.1515/9780748629510(CKB)1000000000401203(EBL)343581(OCoLC)476158671(SSID)ssj0000163338(PQKBManifestationID)11924440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163338(PQKBWorkID)10106605(PQKB)10247222(UkCbUP)CR9780748629510(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092659(MiAaPQ)EBC343581(Au-PeEL)EBL343581(CaPaEBR)ebr10435247(CaONFJC)MIL135752(OCoLC)232571757(DE-B1597)615372(DE-B1597)9780748629510(OCoLC)1302165222(EXLCZ)99100000000040120320071210d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlobal environmental history /I.G. Simmons1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-7486-2159-8 0-7486-2158-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Mustering the marks -- Resonances -- The gatherer-hunters and their world -- Pre-industrial agriculture -- An industrious world -- A post-industrial era? -- Emerging themes.Courses which deal with environmental history have long lacked a comprehensive overview. I. G. Simmons has made a significant contribution with a book that looks at the long-term history of environment and humanity from 10,000 BC to AD 2000. This far-reaching text considers the global picture and recognises the contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences, the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities. As a starting point, this book takes the major phases of human technological evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have affected the natural world. It then considers the response to conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations into a long-term perspective. This is a book of history, not prophecy, and so makes no judgements on current anxieties. Key features: *Includes a glossary of unfamiliar terms *Notable in being a history and not a polemic *Examines the interrelation of history and nature, drawing on many fields of learning *Extensive coverage makes this ideal background reading for more specialised treatments and studiesHuman ecologyHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onHistoryHuman ecologyHistory.NatureEffect of human beings onHistory.304.209Simmons I. G(Ian Gordon),1937-1632582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819547903321Global environmental history3971849UNINA