| Description |
xiv, 207 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Sources and studies in world history |
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Sources and studies in world history.
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| Contents |
Introduction: ecological process in world history ; Biodiversity in world history / J. Donald Hughes -- Equity, eco-racism, and the environmental justice movement / Martin V. Melosi -- Of rats and men: a synoptic environmental history of the island Pacific / John R. McNeill -- Land and agriculture in Australia: coping with change in a fragile environment / Helen Wheatley -- Toward eco-revival? The cultural roots of Russian environmental concerns / Valery J. Cholakov -- The greening of Gandhi: Gandhian thought and the environmental movement in India / Diane M. Jones. |
| Note |
Papers presented at a conference held Oct. 8-10, 1994, at Aspen, Colo. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-188) and index. |
| Subject |
History -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
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Human ecology -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, J. Donald (Johnson Donald), 1932-2019
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| ISBN |
0765604221 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780765604224 hardcover alkaline paper |
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076560423X |
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9780765604231 |
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