The face of the earth: environment and world history

by Hughes, J. Donald

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Title Statements

Full title :The face of the earth : environment and world history / edited by J. Donald Hughes.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2000

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Oxfordshire [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2000

Notes

"Papers presented at a conference held Oct. 8-10, 1994, at Aspen, Colorado."

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315699790, 1315699796, 9781317456919, 1317456912, 9781317456926, 1317456920, 9781317456902, 1317456904
oclc:ocn912319414
LC Classification:D16.25
Dewey Decimal:907

Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Introduction: Ecological Process in World History ; 2. Biodiversity in World History ; 3. Equity, Eco-Racism, and the Environmental Justice Movement ; 4. Of Rats and Men: A Synoptic Environmental History of the Island Pacific ; 5. Land and Agriculture in Australia: Coping with Change in a Fragile Environment ; 6. Toward Eco-Revival? The Cultural Roots of Russian Environmental Concerns ; 7. The Greening of Gandhi: Gandhian Thought and the Environmental Movement in India.

Selected Bibliography Contributors ; Index.

Subjects

Conference papers and proceedings Écologie Écologie humaine -- Congrès Histoire -- Congrès. -- Étude et enseig… Histoire -- Étude et enseignement History -- Congresses. -- Study and tea… HISTORY -- Study & Teaching History -- Study and teaching human ecology Human ecology -- Congresses HUMANÖKOLOGIE Weltgeschichte