A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness
| A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness |
| Autore | Bertness Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature and civilization |
| ISBN | 0-300-25264-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Natural History? -- 1. Cooperative Life -- 2. Life in the Food Chain -- 3. Taming Nature -- 4. The Triumph and Curse of Civilization -- 5. Resource Exploitation -- 6. Famine and Disease -- 7. Domination versus Cooperation -- 8. Our Ethnocentric, Entheogenic Universe -- 9. Preserving Food and Improving Health -- 10. Civilization on Fire -- 11. Unnatural Nature -- Epilogue: The Natural History of Civilizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794174103321 |
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| New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness
| A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness |
| Autore | Bertness Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature and civilization |
| ISBN | 0-300-25264-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Natural History? -- 1. Cooperative Life -- 2. Life in the Food Chain -- 3. Taming Nature -- 4. The Triumph and Curse of Civilization -- 5. Resource Exploitation -- 6. Famine and Disease -- 7. Domination versus Cooperation -- 8. Our Ethnocentric, Entheogenic Universe -- 9. Preserving Food and Improving Health -- 10. Civilization on Fire -- 11. Unnatural Nature -- Epilogue: The Natural History of Civilizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817511003321 |
Bertness Mark
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| New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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