Environments and Historical Change: The Linacre Lectures 1998 - Couverture rigide

 
9780198233886: Environments and Historical Change: The Linacre Lectures 1998
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198233884 ISBN 13 : 9780198233886
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Present anxieties about global warming and threats to biodiversity leave no doubts that environmental changes impact upon humans. Perceptions of the environment change as people try to define and shape 'nature' in different ways. The book explores the relationship between environmental change and society from the last Ice Age to the present. The book examines the environmental impact of fluctuations in climate and the demand for energy, and the patters which human societies have imposed on their surroundings, from boundaries to the cultural projections of legends and film. Together they show how insights from the disciplines of geography and geography, history and anthropology, can throw fresh light on the long-term attachment of people to place.

The chapters in this book were originally delivered as Linacre Lectures at Linacre College, Oxford University

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Present anxieties about global warming and threats to biodiversity leave no doubts that environmental changes impact upon humans. Perceptions of the environment change as people try to define and shape 'nature' in different ways. The book explores the relationship between environmental change and society from the last Ice Age to the present. The book examines the environmental impact of fluctuations in climate and the demand for energy, and the patters which human societies have imposed on their surroundings, from boundaries to the cultural projections of legends and film. Together they show how insights from the disciplines of geography and geography, history and anthropology, can throw fresh light on the long-term attachment of people to place. The chapters in this book were originally delivered as Linacre Lectures at Linacre College, Oxford University

Revue de presse

All of the contributions present interesting views of environmental issues with a temporal dimension, and make for stimulating reading (HISTORY)

Use this book to change your mind and initiate some new adventures to help interpret where we are and from where we have come (International Journal of Environmental Studies)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198233884
ISBN 13 
9780198233886
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
206
Éditeur
Slack Paul
Coordonnées du fabricant
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