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Humans versus Nature tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relationship between the human and natural worlds. Nature is cast as an active protagonist, rather than a mere backdrop or victim of human malfeasance. Daniel R. Headrick shows how environmental changes--epidemics, climate shocks, and volcanic eruptions--have molded human societies and cultures, sometimes overwhelming them. At the same time, he traces the history of anthropogenic changes in the environment--species extinctions, global warming, deforestation, and resource depletion--back to the age of hunters and gatherers and the first farmers and herders. He shows how human interventions such as irrigation systems, over-fishing, and the Industrial Revolution have in turn harmed the very societies that initiated them.
Throughout, Headrick examines how human-driven environmental changes are interwoven with larger global systems, dramatically reshaping the complex relationship between people and the natural world. In doing so, he roots the current environmental crisis in the deep past.
Humans versus Nature tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relationship between the human and natural worlds. Nature is cast as an active protagonist, rather than a mere backdrop or victim of human malfeasance. Daniel R. Headrick shows how environmental changes--epidemics, climate shocks, and volcanic eruptions--have molded human societies and cultures, sometimes overwhelming them. At the same time, he traces the history of anthropogenic changes in the environment--species extinctions, global warming, deforestation, and resource depletion--back to the age of hunters and gatherers and the first farmers and herders. He shows how human interventions such as irrigation systems, over-fishing, and the Industrial Revolution have in turn harmed the very societies that initiated them.
Throughout, Headrick examines how human-driven environmental changes are interwoven with larger global systems, dramatically reshaping the complex relationship between people and the natural world. In doing so, he roots the current environmental crisis in the deep past.
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Global Environmental History
- Chapter 1 The Foragers
- Chapter 2 Farmers and Herders
- Chapter 3 Early Civilizations
- Chapter 4 Eurasia in the Classical Age
- Chapter 5 Medieval Eurasia and Africa
- Chapter 6 The Invasion of America
- Chapter 7 The Transformation of the Old World
- Chapter 8 The Transition to an Industrial World
- Chapter 9 The West and the Non-West in the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter 10 War and Developmentalism in the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 11 Peace and Consumerism in the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 12 Climate Change and Climate Wars
- Chapter 13 Plundering the Oceans
- Chapter 14 Extinctions and Survivals
- Chapter 15 Environmentalism
- Epilogue One Past, Many Futures
- Notes
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Garten & Natur |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780190864729 |
| ISBN-10: | 0190864729 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Headrick, Daniel R |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 234 x 156 x 36 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Daniel R Headrick |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.01.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 1,034 kg |
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