LEADER 03032oam 2200517I 450 001 9910155116303321 005 20240505170902.0 010 $a1-315-54295-1 010 $a1-134-86774-3 010 $a1-134-86781-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315542959 035 $a(CKB)4340000000024009 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4767451 035 $a(OCoLC)965826716 035 $a(BIP)56989183 035 $a(BIP)55953091 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000024009 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of technology and environment $efrom stone tools to ecological crisis /$fEdward L. Golding 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) 311 08$a1-138-68585-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOver-harvesting of natural resources : hunting and fishing -- Over-harvesting of natural resouces : fresh water -- People and the land -- Manufactured chemicals -- Chemicals in the environment -- Power technologies -- Environmental impacts of fossil fuels -- Nuclear power and renewable energy. 330 $aThis book provides an accessible overview of the ways that key areas of technology have impacted global ecosystems and natural communities. It offers a new way of thinking about the overall origins of environmental problems. Combining approaches drawn from environmental biology and the history of science and technology, it describes the motivations behind many technical advances and the settings in which they occurred, before tracing their ultimate environmental impacts. Four broad areas of human activity are described: over-harvesting of natural resources using the examples of hunting, fishing and freshwater use; farming, population, land use, and migration; discovery, synthesis and use of manufactured chemicals; and development of sources of artificial energy and the widespread pollution caused by power generation and energy use. These innovations have been driven by various forces, but in most cases new technologies have emerged out of fascinating, psychologically rich, human experiences. This book provides an introduction to these complex developments and will be essential reading for students of science, technology and society, environmental history, and the history of science and technology. 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 606 $aTechnology$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aTechnology and civilization 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aTechnology$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aTechnology and civilization. 676 $a609 700 $aGolding$b Edward L.$0976330 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155116303321 996 $aA history of technology and environment$92223936 997 $aUNINA