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Title Mappae mundi : humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective : myths, maps and models / Bert de Vries and Johan Goudsblom (eds.).

Imprint Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2003.

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Description 1 online resource (470 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
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Note "Second updated printing."
"Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-444) and indexes.
Note Print version record.
Contents Contents; Preface; Editors'Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction: Towards a Historical View of Humanity and the Biosphere; 2. Introductory Overview: the Expanding Anthroposphere; 3. The Holocene: Global Change and Local Response; 4. Environment and the Great Transition: Agrarianization; 5. Exploring the Past: on Methods and Concepts; 6. Increasing Social Complexity; 7. Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean; 8. Understanding: Fragments of a Unifying Perspective; 9. Population and Environment in Asia since 1600 AD; 10. The Past 250 Years: Industrialization and Globalization.
11. Back to Nature? The Punctuated History of a Natural Monument12. Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospects; Notes; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index of Subjects; Index of Names; Index of Geographic Names.
Summary Never before in human society has the interaction of people and their natural environment been so complex. It is precisely this diversity that creates a need for a synthesis that transcends the boundaries of traditional academic fields. "Mappae Mundi.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Language English.
Subject Human ecology.
Écologie humaine.
human ecology.
Humanities.
History.
Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Human ecology
Mens en natuur.
Sociale ecologie.
Added Author De Vries, Bert.
Goudsblom, Johan.
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Netherlands)
Other Form: Print version: Mappae mundi. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2003 9053566554 (OCoLC)55529690
ISBN 1417521651 (electronic bk.)
9781417521654 (electronic bk.)
9789048505081 (electronic bk.)
9048505089 (electronic bk.)
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GBVCP 801157447
NZ1 12008018

 
    
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