E-Book, Englisch, Band 9, 384 Seiten
Reihe: California World History Library
ISBN: 978-0-520-94348-3
Verlag: University of California Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The wide range of regional studies—including some in Russia, China, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Southern Africa, and Western Europe—together with the book's broader thematic essays makes
The Environment and World History ideal for courses that seek to incorporate the environment and environmental change more fully into a truly integrative understanding of world history.
CONTRIBUTORS: Michael Adas, William Beinart, Edmund Burke III, Mark Cioc, Kenneth Pomeranz, Mahesh Rangarajan, John F. Richards, Lise Sedrez, Douglas R. Weiner
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Overview
1. Introduction: World History and Environmental History
Kenneth Pomeranz
2. The Big Story: Human History, Energy Regimes, and the Environment
Edmund Burke III
3. Toward a Global System of Property Rights in Land
John F. Richards
Part Two: Rivers, Regions, and Developmentalism
4. The Transformation of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 B.C.E.-2 C.E.
Edmund Burke III
5. The Transformation of China's Environment, 1500-2
Kenneth Pomeranz
6. The Rhine as a World River
Mark Cioc
7. Continuity and Transformation: Colonial Rice Frontiers and Their Environmental Impact on the Great River Deltas of Mainland Southeast Asia
Michael Adas
Part Three: Landscapes, Conquests, Communities, and the Politics of Knowledge
8. Beyond the Colonial Paradigm: African History and Environmental History in Large-Scale Perspective
William Beinart
9. Environmental Histories of India: Of States, Landscapes, and Ecologies
Mahesh Rangarajan
10. Latin American Environmental History: A Shifting Old/New Field
Lise Sedrez
11. The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History
Douglas R. Weiner
Select Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index