{"product_id":"the-ends-of-the-earth-perspectives-on-modern-environmental-history-paperback-9780521348461","title":"The Ends of the Earth; Perspectives on Modern Environmental History (Paperback) 9780521348461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ends of the Earth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePerspectives on Modern Environmental History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA unifying discussion of our increasingly integrated global economy, higher population levels and greater resource demands.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Worster (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521348461, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 January 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...offers a diverse state-of-the-art introduction to environmental history. Donald Worster engages the reader with two strong and graceful essays. Not least, the book concludes with an important bibliography covering English titles in modern environmental history.\"   John Opie, ISIS\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince 1492, when Columbus 'discovered' America, the world has been moving toward an increasingly integrated global economy, higher population levels and consequently greater resource demands, and an increasingly precarious state of the biosphere. These developments play a major part in both modern history and in daily life. Understanding their interrelationships and development is crucial to the future of humanity and of the Earth, and is the unifying theme of this collection of readings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. The vulnerable Earth: toward a planetary history Donald Worster\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Dynamics of Change: 2. Environment, population, and technology in primitive societies Ester Boserup\u003cbr\u003e 3. Climatic fluctuations and population problems in early modern history Gustaf Utterström\u003cbr\u003e 4. The English industrial revolution Richard G. Wilkinson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The European Invasion: 5. Ecological imperialism: the overseas migration of Western Europeans as a biological phenomenon Alfred W. Crosby\u003cbr\u003e 6. The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala Richard P. Tucker\u003cbr\u003e 7. Toward an archaeology of colonialism: elements in the ecological transformation of the Ivory Coast Timothy C. Weiskel\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conserving Nature - Past and Present: 8. The myth of the southern soil miner: macrohistory, agricultural innovation, and environmental change Carville Earle\u003cbr\u003e 9. Toward an interactive theory of nature and culture: ecology, production, and cognition in the California fishing industry Arthur F. McEvoy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Efficiency, equity, esthetics: shifting themes in American cconservation Clayton R. Koppes\u003cbr\u003e 11. The changing face of soviet conservation Douglas R. Weiner\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conclusion: 12. Toward a biosphere consciousness Raymond F. Dasmann\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Applied ecology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Applied ecology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Applied%20ecology%20%5BRNC%5D%22\"\u003eRNC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004610072856,"sku":"9780521348461","price":29.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521348461i_bfe0d3d4-11b3-4e36-a56c-ca201bb52851.jpg?v=1691375537","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ends-of-the-earth-perspectives-on-modern-environmental-history-paperback-9780521348461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}