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A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
2007.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007015544.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007015544-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007015544-d.html |
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.