Sale After Eden

The Evolution of Human Domination
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8851-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

Combining insights from paleontology, archaeology, and anthropology, Kirkpatrick Sale points to the beginning of big-game hunting as the origin of humans' damaging estrangement from the natural environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sale, Kirkpatrick

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

1. The Dawn of Modern Culture: 70,000-50,000 Years Ago 11

2. The Conquest of Europe: 55,000-20,000 Years Ago 37

3. Intensification and Agriculture: 20,000-5,000 Years Ago 71

4. The Erectus Alternative: 1,800,000-30,000 Years Ago 105

Notes 139

Source Notes 145

Bibliography 175

Acknowledgments 179

Index 181

Über Autor(innen)

Kirkpatrick Sale is the author of a dozen books, including The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream; Rebels against the Future: The Luddites and their War on the Industrial Revolution: Lessons for the Computer Age; The Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement, 1962–1992; and The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a former editor at the New York Times Magazine.