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The Silent Countdown. Essays in European Environmental History.
. Ed(S): Brimblecombe, Peter; Pfister, Christian
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Paperback. Editor(s): Brimblecombe, Peter; Pfister, Christian. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAF; RBGB; RNH; RNP; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 433.
There is a growing need for cooperation between disciplines, not only to deal with the burning problems of the present, but to study the interaction of societies and their ecosystems in the past. In the 1970s studies in Environmental History were largely confined to North America. Recent years have brought about a vast increase in the "amount, the quality and the scope of scholarship on historical interactions between human (social and economic) de velopment and the biosphere in Europe, both East and West. This broad interest in environmental history may have been heightened and sharpened by the dangers of unbridled ... Read more
There is a growing need for cooperation between disciplines, not only to deal with the burning problems of the present, but to study the interaction of societies and their ecosystems in the past. In the 1970s studies in Environmental History were largely confined to North America. Recent years have brought about a vast increase in the "amount, the quality and the scope of scholarship on historical interactions between human (social and economic) de velopment and the biosphere in Europe, both East and West. This broad interest in environmental history may have been heightened and sharpened by the dangers of unbridled ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642751615
SKU
V9783642751615
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