Description |
xi, 575 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-560) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue : a tale of two farms -- pt. 1 : Modern Montana. Under Montana's big sky -- pt. 2 : Past societies. Twilight at Easter -- The last people alive : Pitcairn and Henderson Islands -- The ancient ones : the Anasazi and their neighbors -- The Maya collapses -- The Viking prelude and fugues -- Norse Greenland's flowering -- Norse Greenland's end -- Opposite paths to success -- pt. 3 : Modern societies. Malthus in Africa : Rwanda's genocide -- One island, two peoples, two histories : the Dominican Republic and Haiti -- China, lurching giant -- "Mining" Australia -- pt. 4 : Practical lessons. Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? -- Big businesses and the environment : different conditions, different outcomes -- The world as a polder : what does it all mean to us today? |
Subject |
Social history -- Case studies.
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Social change -- Case studies.
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Environmental policy -- Case studies.
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ISBN |
0670033375 |
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