Encountering the past in nature :: essays in environmental history /

"A deeper understanding of contemporary environmental problems requires us to know where we come from, and the study of environmental history will help us in that quest. Environmental history, in short, may be described as an attempt to study the interaction between humans and nature in the pas...

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Weitere Verfasser: Myllyntaus, Timo, Saikku, Mikko
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2001.
Ausgabe:Rev. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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Zusammenfassung:"A deeper understanding of contemporary environmental problems requires us to know where we come from, and the study of environmental history will help us in that quest. Environmental history, in short, may be described as an attempt to study the interaction between humans and nature in the past. How have human societies affected their environment and vice versa? What does history tell us about ecological change?
The essays in Encountering the Past in Nature provide various approaches to the new discipline. Experts with diverse educational backgrounds tackle important issues in environmental history, ranging from the intellectual formation of environmental concepts to case studies of forest history and animal extinction. Most essays in the collection focus on the issue of wilderness and the various uses of forest resources. Encountering the Past in Nature also offers introductory essays on the historiography and methodology of this field of historical study."--Pub. desc.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 166 pages) : maps.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0821440500
9780821440506

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