A New Green History Of The World
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A New Green History Of The World by Clive Ponting
Studies the relationship between the environment and human history. This book examines world civilizations from Sumeria to ancient Egypt, from Easter Island to the Roman Empire and it argues that human beings have repeatedly built societies that have grown and prospered by exploiting the Earth's resources.
If there is a single book on the subject to engage the enthusiast, silence the cynic and enlighten the ignoramus, this is it * Observer *
Ponting's re-evaluation of history is an important antidote to mental troglodytismIt also makes a welcome change from the scatter-gun apocalypse-mongering which has become standard fare in green literature. With luck and foresight, and more books like this, we may yet learn our lesson * Independent on Sunday *
Pioneering...a book good enough to rival the best American products in the field... Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success * Times Literary Supplement *
An ambitious and thought-provoking attempt to rewrite history from an ecological standpoint * Independent *
Large, ambitious and often enthralling, it is a successful attempt to look at the unfolding of world history from an entirely new perspective * Literary Review *
Ponting's re-evaluation of history is an important antidote to mental troglodytismIt also makes a welcome change from the scatter-gun apocalypse-mongering which has become standard fare in green literature. With luck and foresight, and more books like this, we may yet learn our lesson * Independent on Sunday *
Pioneering...a book good enough to rival the best American products in the field... Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success * Times Literary Supplement *
An ambitious and thought-provoking attempt to rewrite history from an ecological standpoint * Independent *
Large, ambitious and often enthralling, it is a successful attempt to look at the unfolding of world history from an entirely new perspective * Literary Review *
Clive Ponting was until recently Reader in Politics and International Relations at the University of Wales, Swansea. Available in Pimlico are his most recent books: A New Green History Of The World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations; Gunpowder: From the Alchemists of China to the Battlefields of Europe; The Pimlico History of the Twentieth Century; World History: A New Perspective; Thirteen Days: The Road to the First World War; and The Crimean War. He recently took early retirement and now lives on a small Greek island where he is creating a Mediterranean garden and cultivating olives.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099516682 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099516683 |
| Title | A New Green History Of The World |
| Author | Clive Ponting |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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