| Description |
xvi, 361 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
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The California world history library ; 9 |
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California world history library ; 9.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-336) and index. |
| Summary |
In 11 essays, the contributors examine the connections between environmental change and other major topics of early modern world history: population growth, commercialization, imperialism, industrialization, the fossil fuel revolution, and more. |
| Contents |
Introduction : world history and environmental history / Kenneth Pomeranz -- The big story : human history, energy regimes, and the environment / Edmund Burke III -- Toward a global system of property rights in land / John F. Richards -- The transformation of the Middle Eastern environment, 1500 B.C.E.-2000 C.E. / Edmund Burke III -- The transformation of China's environment, 1500-2000 / Kenneth Pomeranz -- The Rhine as a world river / Mark Cioc -- Continuity and transformation : colonial rice frontiers and their environmental impact on the great river deltas of mainland Southeast Asia / Michael Adas -- Beyond the colonial paradigm : African history and environmental history in large-scale perspective / William Beinart -- Environmental histories of India : of states, landscapes, and ecologies / Mahesh Rangarajan -- Latin American environmental history : a shifting old/new field / Lise Sedrez -- The predatory tribute-taking state : a framework for understanding Russian environmental history / Douglas R. Weiner. |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- History.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History.
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Environmental sciences -- History.
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| Added Author |
Burke, Edmund, 1940-
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Pomeranz, Kenneth.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9780520256873 9780520256880 (DLC) 2008040826 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb30978 hdl |
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