| Description |
xviii, 543 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-510) and index. |
| Summary |
"First published in 2002, Deforesting the Earth was a landmark study of the history and geography of deforestation. Now available here as an abridgment, this edition retains the breadth of the original while rendering its arguments accessible to a general readership." "Deforestation-the thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests for fuel, shelter, and agriculture-is among the most important ways humans have transformed the environment. Surveying ten thousand years to trace human-induced deforestation's effect on economies, societies, and landscapes around the world, Deforesting the Earth is the preeminent history of this process and its consequences. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
The return of the forest -- Fire and foragers -- The first farmers -- The classical world -- The medieval world -- Driving forces and cultural climates, 1500-1750 -- Clearing in Europe, 1500-1750 -- The wider world, 1500-1750 -- Driving forces and cultural climates, 1750-1900 -- Clearing in the temperate world, 1750-1920 -- Clearing in the tropical world, 1750-1920 -- Scares and solutions, 1900-1944 -- The great onslaught, 1945-95 : Dimensions of change -- The great onslaught, 1945-95 : Patterns of change -- Epilogue : Backward and forward glances. |
| Subject |
Forests and forestry -- History.
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Clearing of land -- History.
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Deforestation -- History.
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Clearing of land. (OCoLC)fst00863946
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Deforestation. (OCoLC)fst00889763
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Forests and forestry. (OCoLC)fst00932632
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Entwaldung (DE-588)4286698-4
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Umweltschaden (DE-588)4117286-3
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0226899470 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780226899473 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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