Global Environmental History: 10,000 Bc To Ad 2000
by Ian G Simmons /
2008 / English / PDF
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Courses which deal with environmental history have long lacked a
comprehensive overview. I. G. Simmons has made a significant
contribution with a book that looks at the long-term history of
environment and humanity from 10,000 BC to AD 2000. This
far-reaching text considers the global picture and recognises the
contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences,
the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities.As a starting
point, this book takes the major phases of human technological
evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have
affected the natural world. It then considers the response to
conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations
into a long-term perspective. This is a book of history, not
prophecy, and so makes no judgements on current anxieties.
Courses which deal with environmental history have long lacked a
comprehensive overview. I. G. Simmons has made a significant
contribution with a book that looks at the long-term history of
environment and humanity from 10,000 BC to AD 2000. This
far-reaching text considers the global picture and recognises the
contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences,
the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities.As a starting
point, this book takes the major phases of human technological
evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have
affected the natural world. It then considers the response to
conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations
into a long-term perspective. This is a book of history, not
prophecy, and so makes no judgements on current anxieties.
