Deforesting the earth : from prehistory to global crisis : an abridgment / Michael Williams.

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Williams, Michael, 1935-2009

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780226899053
0226899055
9780226899473
0226899470
1282659901
9781282659902
9786612659904
6612659904

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Deforesting the earth.DDC classification:

333.75/1309 22

LOC classification:

SD131 .W53 2006eb

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ZC 85790

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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, 1500-1750; 7. Clearing in Europe, 1500-1750; 8. The Wider World, 1500-1750; 9. Driving Forces and Cultural Climates, 1750-1900; 10. Clearing in the Temperate World, 1750-1920; 11. Clearing in the Tropical World, 1750-1920; Part III: The Global Forest; 12. Scares and Solutions, 1900-1944

13. The Great Onslaught, 1945-95: Dimensions of Change14. The Great Onslaught, 1945-1995: Patterns of Change; Epilogue: Backward and Forward Glances; Acknowledgments; List of Measures, Abbreviations, and Acronyms; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index

Summary: "Anyone who doubts the power of history to inform the present should read this closely argued and sweeping survey. This is rich, timely, and sobering historical fare written in a measured, non-sensationalist style by a master of his craft. One only hopes (almost certainly vainly) that today's policymakers take its lessons to heart."-Brian Fagan, Los Angeles Times Published in 2002, Deforesting the Earth was a landmark study of the history and geography of deforestation. Now available as an abridgment, this edition retains the breadth of the original while rend.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-510) and index.

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"Anyone who doubts the power of history to inform the present should read this closely argued and sweeping survey. This is rich, timely, and sobering historical fare written in a measured, non-sensationalist style by a master of his craft. One only hopes (almost certainly vainly) that today's policymakers take its lessons to heart."-Brian Fagan, Los Angeles Times Published in 2002, Deforesting the Earth was a landmark study of the history and geography of deforestation. Now available as an abridgment, this edition retains the breadth of the original while rend.

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