A new green history of the world
Subtitle: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations
By: Clive Ponting
Contributors: Ponting, Clive.
Edition: Rev. ed
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780143038986
Subjects: Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Natural history; Natural resources; Pollution; Social change
Notes: Rev. ed. of: A green history of the world. 1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. [424]-434) and index
Table of contents: title: The lessons of Easter Island; title: The foundations of history; title: Ninety-nine per cent of human history; title: The first great transition; title: Destruction and survival; title: The long struggle; title: Ways of thought; title: The rape of the world; title: The foundations of inequality; title: Disease and death; title: The weight of numbers; title: The second great transition; title: The rise of the city; title: Creating the affluent society; title: Polluting the world; title: The threat to global systems; title: The shadow of the past