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A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations / Clive Ponting.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2007Edition: Revised editionDescription: x, 452 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143038986
  • 0143038982
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2 22
LOC classification:
  • GF75 .P66 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The lessons of Easter Island -- The foundations of history -- Ninety-nine per cent of human history -- The first great transition -- Destruction and survival -- The long struggle -- Ways of thought -- The rape of the world -- The foundations of inequality -- Disease and death -- The weight of numbers -- The second great transition -- The rise of the city -- Creating the affluent society -- Polluting the world -- The threat to global systems -- The shadow of the past.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GF75 .P66 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001069433

Revised edition of: A green history of the world. 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [424]-434) and index.

The lessons of Easter Island -- The foundations of history -- Ninety-nine per cent of human history -- The first great transition -- Destruction and survival -- The long struggle -- Ways of thought -- The rape of the world -- The foundations of inequality -- Disease and death -- The weight of numbers -- The second great transition -- The rise of the city -- Creating the affluent society -- Polluting the world -- The threat to global systems -- The shadow of the past.

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