Penna The Human Footprint

A Global Environmental History
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-91260-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day.
* Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of the planet from its earliest origins to the present era
* Draws on the most recent research in geology, climatology, evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, history, demography and the social and physical sciences
* Features the latest research findings on planetary history, human evolution, the green agricultural revolution, climate change, global warming and the nature of world/human history interdependencies
* Offers in-depth analyses of topics relating to human evolution, agriculture, population growth, urbanization, manufacturing, consumption, industrialization, and fossil fuel dependency.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penna, Anthony N.

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony N. Penna is Professor Emeritus of History,Northeastern University. His books include Nature'sBounty: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives(1999), Remaking Boston: An Environmental History of the Cityand Its Surroundings (co-editor, 2009), and NaturalDisasters in a Global Environment (co-author; Wiley, 2013).