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Mappae mundi : humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective : myths, maps and models / Bert de Vries and Johan Goudsblom (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (446 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The interaction between humans and their natural environment today is unprecedented in its scope and complexity, and recent scholarly research attests to the need for a multidisciplinary approach to fully study it. <i>Mappae Mundi</i> answers this call for a scholarly synthesis, illuminating dominant social trends affecting the relationship between human societies and the environment.Contributors discuss this relationship, and analyze several different possibilities for the future. <i>Mappae Mundi</i> will appeal to social scientists or anyone interested in the current and future consequences of our interaction with the natural environment.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Editors' Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Towards a Historical View of Humanity and the Biosphere / Goudsblom, Johan / Vries, Bert de
- 2. Introductory Overview: the Expanding Anthroposphere / Goudsblom, Johan
- 3. The Holocene: Global Change and Local Response / Marchant, Robert / Vries, Bert de
- 4. Environment and the Great Transition: Agrarianization / Vries, Bert de / Marchant, Robert
- 5. Exploring the Past: on Methods and Concepts / Vries, Bert de / Marchant, Robert / Greef, Jodi de
- 6. Increasing Social Complexity / Vries, Bert de
- 7. Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean / Leeuw, Sander van der / Vries, Bert de
- 8. Understanding: Fragments of a Unifying Perspective / Vries, Bert de / Thompson, Michael / Wirtz, Kai
- 9. Population and Environment in Asia since 1600 AD / Revi, Aromar / Dronin, Nikolai M. / Vries, Bert de
- 10. The Past 250 Years: Industrialization and Globalization / Goudsblom, Johan
- 11. Back to Nature? The Punctuated History of a Natural Monument / Westbroek, Peter
- 12. Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospects / Goudsblom, Johan / Vries, Bert de
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the authors
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Names
- Index of Geographic Names
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-444).
- CC BY-NC-ND
- ISBN:
- 9786610958764
- 9789048505081
- 9048505089
- 9781280958762
- 1280958766
- 9781417521654
- 1417521651
- OCLC:
- 630532451
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