Deforesting the Earth : From Prehistory to Global Crisis.

Deforesting the Earth : From Prehistory to Global Crisis.

Since humans first appeared on the earth, we've been cutting down trees for fuel and shelter. Indeed, the thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests are among the most important ways humans have transformed the global environment. With the onset of industrialization and colonization...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Michael, 1935-2009
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Forests and forestry > History.
Clearing of land > History.
Deforestation > History.
Clearing of land
Deforestation
Forests and forestry
Bossen.
Ontbossing.
Florestas.
Desmatamento (história)
Déboisement.
Défrichement.
Forêt.
Foresterie.
Histoire.
Influence de l'homme sur la nature.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Part I: Clearing in the Deep Past; 1. The Return of the Forest; 2. Fire and Foragers; 3. The First Farmers; 4. The Classical World; 5. The Medieval World; Part II: Reaching Out: Europe and the Wider World; 6. Driving Forces and Cultural Climates, 15001750; 7. Clearing in Europe, 15001750; 8. The Wider World, 15001750; 9. Driving Forces and Cultural Climates, 17501900; 10. Clearing in the Temperate World, 17501920; 11. Clearing in the Tropical World, 17501920; Part III: The Global Forest; 12. Scares and Solutions, 19001944.
  • 13. The Great Onslaught, 194595: Dimensions of Change14. The Great Onslaught, 19451995: Patterns of Change; Epilogue: Backward and Forward Glances; Acknowledgments; List of Measures, Abbreviations, and Acronyms; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

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