An Environmental History of Ancient Greece...

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Beschreibung

In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This book systematically describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of the tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature, from early Greece to the period of late antiquity. At the same time it analyses the comprehensive opening up of the Mediterranean and the northern frontier regions, both for settlement and for economic activity. The book's level and approach make it highly accessible to students and non-specialists.

Über den Autor

Lukas Thommen is a Professor in the Historical Institute at the University of Zurich and is also a member of the Sosipolis International Institute of Ancient Hellenic History in Greece.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Greece: 1. The geographic space; 2. People and nature; 3. Agriculture; 4. Forests and timber; 5. Gardens; 6. Animals; 7. Food; 8. Fire and water; 9. Earthquakes and volcanoes; 10. Mining; Part II. Rome: 11. The geographic space; 12. People and nature; 13. Agriculture; 14. Forests and timber; 15. Gardens; 16. Animals; 17. Food; 18. Fire and water; 19. Earthquakes and volcanoes; 20. Mining; 21. Urban problems and rural villa construction; 22. The environment in Roman Britain; Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521174657
ISBN-10:	0521174651
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Thommen, Lukas
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Lukas Thommen
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.03.2012
Gewicht:	0,298 kg