An environmental history of the world humankind's changing role in the community of life /

• Main Author: Hughes, J. Donald 1932-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Series: Routledge studies in physical geography and environment
• Subjects: Human ecology > History.; Nature > Effect of human beings on > History.; Biotic communities > History.; Biotic communities.; Human ecology.; Nature.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess

This book is an overview of human history in relationship to the natural environment, from origins to the present, with case studies of different societies in each period.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: history and ecology
• Primal harmony
• The great divorce of culture and nature
• Ideas and impacts
• The Middle Ages
• The transformation of the biosphere
• Exploitation and conservation
• Modern environmental problems
• Present and future
• A general conclusion.