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<p>This second edition of <b>An Environmental History of the World</b> continues to present a concise history, from ancient to modern times, of the interactions between human societies and the natural environment, including the other forms of life that inhabit our planet. Throughout their evolutionary history, humans have affected the natural environment, sometimes with a promise of sustainable balance, but also in a destructive manner. This book investigates the ways in which environmental changes, often the result of human actions, have caused historical trends in human societies. This process has happened in every historical period and in every part of the inhabited earth.</p> <p>The book is organized into ten chapters. The main chapters follow a chronological path through the history of mankind, in relationship to ecosystems around the world. The first explains what environmental history is, and argues for its importance in understanding the present state of the world's ecological problems. Chapters two through eight form the core of the historical analysis, each concentrating on a major period of human history (pre-civilized, early civilizations, classical, medieval, early mod
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- Author
- Hughes, J. Donald (johnson Donald) , 1932-
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415481496
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Nature, Sociology
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