An edition of A new green history of the world (2007)

A new green history of the world

the environment and the collapse of great civilizations

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An edition of A new green history of the world (2007)

A new green history of the world

the environment and the collapse of great civilizations

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
452

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Subjects

History, Natural resources, Nature, Social change, Effect of human beings on, Natural history, Pollution, Climate and civilization, Effect of environment on, Nature and civilization, Human beings, Nature -- Effect of human beings on, Nature, effect of human beings on, Human beings, effect of environment on
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Cover of: A New Green History of the World
A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations
December 18, 2007, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
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Cover of: A new green history of the world
A new green history of the world: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations
2007, Penguin Books
in English - Rev. ed
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A new green history of the world: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations
2007, Vintage
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A New Green History of the World
May 22, 2007, Pimlico
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Table of 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

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Rev. ed. of: A green history of the world. 1991

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

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GF75 .P66 2007, GF75.P66 2007

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x, 452 p. :
Number of pages
452

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OL17249656M
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0143038982
ISBN 13
9780143038986
LCCN
2007015544
OCLC/WorldCat
123539331
Library Thing
3079133
Goodreads
1745450

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"Easter Island is one of the most remote, inhabited places on earth."

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