The Danish revolution, 1500-1800: an ecohistorical interpretation

This book tells the story of a fertile European country that, as a result of over population and military armament, over exploited its fields and forests in a non-sustainable fashion. By the eighteenth century Denmark, along with other European countries, found itself in an ecological crisis involvi...

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Main Author: Kjærgaard, Thorkild (Author)
Other Authors: Hohnen, David (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press May 2010
Series:Studies in environment and history
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Summary:This book tells the story of a fertile European country that, as a result of over population and military armament, over exploited its fields and forests in a non-sustainable fashion. By the eighteenth century Denmark, along with other European countries, found itself in an ecological crisis involving clear felling of forests, sand drift, floods, inadequate soil fertilization and cattle disease. This crisis was overcome by a green biotechnological revolution that changed the whole pattern of agriculture, and by the abandonment of wood as a raw material and source of energy in favour of coal and iron. This book outlines the background of the present-day ecological crisis, both in the industrial world and in developing countries, and attempts to understand early modern Europe from a consistently ecological viewpoint
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780511665103
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511665103

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