Encyclopedia of World Environmental History.Volume 1.A-E скачать бесплатно

In order to address today's global environmental challenges, it is important to understand them within the context of humankind's influences on its environment throughout the ages. The Encyclopedia of World Environmental History provides much needed explanation of urgent social and environmental issues - from urbanization to water shortages, climate change to the extinction of species - in articles replete with the stories of human and natural history.
Key features: * Unprecedented global coverage spans cultures from prehistory to the present day * Over 500 articles written by a community of international experts * Illustrated with dozens of unique photographs and original maps and tables * Primary text sidebars include ethnographic accounts of rituals to control the environment and explanations of natural events and disasters * Articles represent the cross-fertilization of history, geography, and science to put today's environmental issues in context * Thorough, analytical index ion of urgent social and * Written and edited for general readers, teachers, and students.