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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| פורמט: | Licensed eBooks |
| שפה: | אנגלית |
| יצא לאור: |
Athens :
Ohio University Press,
2001.
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| מהדורה: | Rev. ed. |
| סדרה: | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=67475 |
| סיכום: | "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. |
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| תיאור פיזי: | 1 online resource (xix, 166 pages) : maps. |
| פורמט: | 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. |
| ביבליוגרפיה: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0821440500 9780821440506 0821413570 9780821413579 0821413589 9780821413586 |