The Turning Points of Environmental History by Uekotter, Frank
The Turning Points of Environmental History by Uekotter, Frank

The Turning Points of Environmental History

From the time when humans first learned to harness fire, cultivate crops, and domesticate livestock, they have...
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Author: Frank Uekotter
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The Turning Points of Environmental History by Uekotter, Frank

The Turning Points of Environmental History

$968.82
The Turning Points of Environmental History by Uekotter, Frank

The Turning Points of Environmental History

$968.82
Author: Frank Uekotter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
From the time when humans first learned to harness fire, cultivate crops, and domesticate livestock, they have altered their environment as a means of survival. In the modern era, however, natural resources have been devoured and defiled in the wake of a consumerism that goes beyond mere subsistence. In this volume, an international group of environmental historians documents the significant ways in which humans have impacted their surroundings throughout history.
John McNeill introduces the collection with an overarching account of the history of human environmental impact. Other contributors explore the use and abuse of the earth's land in the development of agriculture, commercial forestry, and in the battle against desertification in arid and semi-arid regions. Cities, which first appeared some 5,500 years ago, have posed their own unique environmental challenges, including dilemmas of solid waste disposal, sewerage, disease, pollution, and sustainable food and water supplies.
The rise of nation-states brought environmental legislation, which often meant "selling off" natural resources through eminent domain. Perhaps the most damaging environmental event in history resulted from a "perfect storm" of effects: cheap fossil fuels (especially petroleum) and the rapid rise of personal incomes during the 1950s brought an exponential increase in energy consumption and unforseen levels of greenhouse gasses to the earth's atmosphere. By the 1970s, the deterioration of air, land, and water due to industrialization, population growth, and consumerism led to the birth of the environmental and ecological movements.
Overall, the volume points to the ability and responsibility of humans to reverse the course of detrimental trends and to achieve environmental sustainability for existing and future populations.

Author: Frank Uekotter
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 11/21/2010
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780822961185


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About the Author

Frank Uekotter is a Dilthey Fellow with the Research Institute of the Deutsches Museum and deputy director of the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, Germany. He is the author of The Age of Smoke: Environmental Policy in Germany and the United States, 1880-1970.


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