The Ends of the Earth by Donald Worster
Since 1492, when Columbus 'discovered' America, the world has been moving toward an increasingly integrated global economy, higher population levels and consequently greater resource demands, and an increasingly precarious state of the biosphere. These developments play a major part in both modern history and in daily life. Understanding their interrelationships and development is crucial to the future of humanity and of the Earth, and is the unifying theme of this collection of readings.
"Overall The Ends of the Earth serves its purpose wellGeographers will find intellectual stimulation and motivations for new research among these essays. Worster's invitation for geographers to contribute more to environmental history whould be welcomed." Michael E. Lewis, Geographical Reviews
"...provides readers with a fair introduction to the kinds of approaches taken by environmental historians." Forest and Conservation History
"...offers a diverse state-of-the-art introduction to environmental history. Donald Worster engages the reader with two strong and graceful essays. Not least, the book concludes with an important bibliography covering English titles in modern environmental history." John Opie, ISIS
"...provides readers with a fair introduction to the kinds of approaches taken by environmental historians." Forest and Conservation History
"...offers a diverse state-of-the-art introduction to environmental history. Donald Worster engages the reader with two strong and graceful essays. Not least, the book concludes with an important bibliography covering English titles in modern environmental history." John Opie, ISIS
Worster, Donald: - Donald Worster is Honorary Director of the Center for Ecological History at the University of Remnin of China and Hall Distinguished Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Kansas and. He is the author of many books, including A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s, A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell, The Wealth of Nature: Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination, and Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521348461 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521348463 |
| Title | The Ends of the Earth |
| Author | Donald Worster |
| Series | Studies In Environment And History |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1989-01-27 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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