The Human Footprint
A Global Environmental History
- Editore:
Wiley John + Sons
- EAN:
9781118912461
- ISBN:
1118912462
- Pagine:
- 384
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione The Human Footprint
The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. * Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of the planet from its earliest origins to the present era * Draws on the most recent research in geology, climatology, evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, history, demography and the social and physical sciences * Features the latest research findings on planetary history, human evolution, the green agricultural revolution, climate change, global warming and the nature of world/human history interdependencies * Offers in-depth analyses of topics relating to human evolution, agriculture, population growth, urbanization, manufacturing, consumption, industrialization, and fossil fuel dependency.