There has never been a true "world order," Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilizations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the center of the world and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultu…
This atlas provides the global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves. Mangroves are considered both ecologically and from a human perspective. Initial chapters provide a global view, with information on distribution, biogeography, productivity and wider ecology, as we…
"There is genuine cause for concern over the excessive exploitation of tropical forests in many regions, but also many misconceptions about its causes and sources." "The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trad…
"There is genuine cause for concern over the excessive exploitation of tropical forests in many regions, but also many misconceptions about its causes and sources." "The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trad…
Sustainable management of the world's livestock genetic diversity is of vital importance to agriculture, food production, rural development and the environment. This publication is the first global assessment of these resources. Drawing on 169 Country Reports, contributions from…
In 11 essays, the contributors examine the connections between environmental change and other major topics of early modern world history: population growth, commercialization, imperialism, industrialization, the fossil fuel revolution, and more.
Past attempts to answer this question have ranged widelyfrom less than 1 billion to more than 1,000 billion - one sign that there is no single right answer. More than half of the estimates, however, fall within a much narrower range: between 4 billion and 16 billion. In any case…
Well before modern times, Asian, African, and European peoples were regularly interacting and intermingling with each other. Their encounters rank among the most effective agents of change in all of world history, fostering the spread of technologies, ideas, beliefs, values and …
Whether it is Turkish gastarbeiter in Germany, Japanese Nisei in Seattle, Filipinos in Kuwait, or Haitians in Brooklyn, the costs and benefits of human mobility on such a wide and rapid scale are hotly debated. Global History and Migrations, the second volume of the Global Histo…
Abstract: Free market economy is the only really satisfactory means of equating food supply to the desires ofpeople. The number of people in the world determines the necessary quantity of food; purchasing power determines kindof food demanded within production potentials. The on…
