ABSTRACT
This book explores the way in which human culture and technology have altered the environment through time. The contributors, drawn from a wide variety of disciplines, including anthropology, biology, history, physics and atmospheric science, explore the relationship between humans and the environment as an ongoing process, not just as a recent art
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|9 pages
Introduction
part Two|60 pages
From Small Groups to Large: The Impact of Hunting, Farming, and Cities
part Three|70 pages
The Industrial Era: New Societies, New Technologies, New Problems
part Four|40 pages
The Environment Goes Global: Issues of the Late Twentieth Century
part Five|34 pages
Designing the Future: Coping with the Crises
