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The environment and world history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz
| The environment and world history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | The California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History Environmental sciences - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african environment
california world history library chinese environment commercialism developmentalism ecology energy regimes environmental change environmental history environmentalism fossil fuel revolution global environment history historical history human history imperialism indian environment industrialization latin american environment middle eastern environment politics of knowledge population growth property rights russian environment southeast asian environment world history |
| ISBN |
1-282-77257-0
9786612772573 0-520-94348-1 |
| Classificazione | NB 5600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- THE CALIFORNIA WORLD HISTORY LIBRARY -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: World History and Environmental History -- 2. The Big Story: Human History, Energy Regimes, and the Environment -- 3. Toward a Global System of Property Rights in Land -- 4. The Transformation of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 b.c.e.-2000 C.E.. -- 5. The Transformation of China's Environment, 1500-2000 -- 6. The Rhine as a World River -- 7. Continuity and Transformation: Colonial Rice Frontiers and Their Environmental Impact on the Great River Deltas of Mainland Southeast Asia -- 8. Beyond the Colonial Paradigm: African History and Environmental History in Large-Scale Perspective -- 9. Environmental Histories of India: Of States, Landscapes, and Ecologies -- 10. Latin American Environmental History: A Shifting Old/New Field -- 11. The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History -- Select Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Savannas of our birth [[electronic resource] ] : people, wildlife, and change in East Africa / / Robin S. Reid
| Savannas of our birth [[electronic resource] ] : people, wildlife, and change in East Africa / / Robin S. Reid |
| Autore | Reid Robin Spencer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.4/80967 |
| Soggetto topico |
Savanna ecology - Africa, East
Land use - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Pastoral systems - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Savannas - Africa, East |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african biodiversity
african culture african environment african history african society african wildlife aspca books for history lovers books for science lovers conservation of environment discussion books east africa easy to read ecology educational books engaging evolution of life home school education books human evolution importance of environment learning from experts leisure reads life in africa life sciences politics and history population growth protect the animals wildlife vs livestock |
| ISBN |
1-283-54319-2
9786613855640 0-520-95407-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter One. Searching for the Middle Ground -- Chapter Two. Savannas of Our Birth -- Chapter Three. Pastoral People, Livestock, and Wildlife -- Chapter Four. Moving Continents, Varying Climate, and Abundant Wildlife: Drivers of Human Evolution? -- Chapter Five. Ecosystem Engineers Come of Age -- Chapter Six. Can Pastoral People and Livestock Enrich Savanna Landscapes? -- Chapter Seven. When Coexistence Turns into Conflict -- Chapter Eight. The Serengeti- Mara: "Wild Africa" or Ancient Land of People? -- Chapter Nine. Amboseli: "Cattle Create Trees, Elephants Create Grassland" in the Shadow of Kilimanjaro -- Chapter Ten. The Kaputiei Plains: The Last Days of an Urban Savanna? -- Chapter Eleven. Ngorongoro: A Grand Experiment of People and Wildlife -- Chapter Twelve. Savannas of Our Future: Finding Diversity in the Middle Ground -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791932203321 |
Reid Robin Spencer
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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