| Description |
xvi, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
The California world history library ; 9 |
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California world history library ; 9
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| Contents |
Introduction : world history and environmental history / Kenneth Pomeranz -- The big story : human history, energy regimes, and the environment / Edmund Burke III -- Toward a global system of property rights in land / John F. Richards -- The transformation of the Middle Eastern environment, 1500 B.C.E.-2000 C.E. / Edmund Burke III -- The transformation of China's environment, 1500-2000 / Kenneth Pomeranz -- The Rhine as a world river / Mark Cioc -- Continuity and transformation : colonial rice frontiers and their environmental impact on the great river deltas of mainland Southeast Asia / Michael Adas -- Beyond the colonial paradigm : African history and environmental history in large-scale perspective / William Beinart -- Environmental histories of India : of states, landscapes, and ecologies / Mahesh Rangarajan -- Latin American environmental history : a shifting old/new field / Lise Sedrez -- The predatory tribute-taking state : a framework for understanding Russian environmental history / Douglas R. Weiner |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-336) and index |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences -- History.
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| Author |
Burke, Edmund, III, 1940-
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Pomeranz, Kenneth.
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| LC no. |
2008040826 |
| ISBN |
9780520256873 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520256875 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520256880 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520256883 paperback alkaline paper |
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