Something new under the sun / J.R. McNeill ; foreword by Bathsheba Demuth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNeill, John Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--History--20th century.

Human ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--20th century.

Nature.

Human ecology--History.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 455 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second Edition.

Other Title:

An environmental history of the modern world

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton and Company, [2026]

Summary:

In his landmark publication Something New Under the Sun, acclaimed historian J.R. McNeill offered a new way to understand twentieth-century history: through environmental change. Threading lucid scientific explanations with captivating stories, McNeill's prize-winning history chronicles humanity's deepening impact on the planet in an evenhanded account that seeks, above all, to explain. With updated data and stories, and new discussions of climate change and climate politics, Something New Under the Sun remains the definitive account of the most urgent topic of our time.--Cover [p. 4]

Contents:

List of Maps, Tables, and Figures

Foreword by Bathsheba Demuth

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

1. PROLOGUE: Peculiarities of a Prodigal Era: 1900-2025

PART ONE: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

2. THE LITHOSPHERE AND PEDOSPHERE

3. THE ATMOSPHERE: Urban History

4. THE ATMOSPHERE: Regional and Global History

5. THE HYDROSPHERE: The History of Water Use and Water Pollution

6. THE HYDROSPHERE: Depletions, Dams, and Diversions

7. THE BIOSPHERE: Eat and Be Eaten

8. THE BIOSPHERE: Forests, Fish, and Invasions -

PART TWO: ENGINES OF CHANGE

9. MORE PEOPLE, BIGGER CITIES

10. FUELS, TOOLS, AND ECONOMICS

11. IDEAS AND POLITICS

12. EPILOGUE: So What?

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Revised and Updated--Cover [p. 1]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781324079347

1324079347

OCLC:

1519447748

Publisher Number:

90104531872