The Mediterranean : an environmental history / / J. Donald Hughes

• Autore: Hughes J. Donald (Johnson Donald), <1932->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2005; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2/0182/2
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - Mediterranean Region
• Soggetto geografico: Mediterranean Region Environmental conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1 THE MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT AND ITS FIRST HUMAN INHABITANTS; 2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS; 3 THE MEDITERRANEAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES; 4 THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD (1492–1799); 5 THE MODERN ERA (1800–1959); 6 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND CONCERNS (1960–2005); 7 CASE STUDIES; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A study of the interplay between the environment and the peoples of the Mediterranean from earliest times. It charts the environmental challenges with case studies of the agriculture of ancient Mesopotamia, how climatic change contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire, and the impact of dam building at Aswan.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Mediterranean
• ISBN: 979-84-00-68453-1; 1-280-72069-7; 9786610720699; 1-57607-811-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143306203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nature and human societies.