Mappae mundi : : humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective : myths, maps and models /

Mappae mundi : : humans and their habitats in a long-term socio-ecological perspective : myths, maps and models / / Bert de Vries and Johan Goudsblom (eds.).

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The interaction between humans and their natural environment today is unprecedented in its scope and complexity, and recent scholarly research attests to the need for a multidisciplinary approach to fully study it. <i>Mappae Mundi</i> answers this call for a scholarly synthesis, illumina...

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TeilnehmendeR:
De Vries, Bert,
Goudsblom, Johan,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (446 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Editors' Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction: Towards a Historical View of Humanity and the Biosphere / Goudsblom, Johan / Vries, Bert de
  • 2. Introductory Overview: the Expanding Anthroposphere / Goudsblom, Johan
  • 3. The Holocene: Global Change and Local Response / Marchant, Robert / Vries, Bert de
  • 4. Environment and the Great Transition: Agrarianization / Vries, Bert de / Marchant, Robert
  • 5. Exploring the Past: on Methods and Concepts / Vries, Bert de / Marchant, Robert / Greef, Jodi de
  • 6. Increasing Social Complexity / Vries, Bert de
  • 7. Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean / Leeuw, Sander van der / Vries, Bert de
  • 8. Understanding: Fragments of a Unifying Perspective / Vries, Bert de / Thompson, Michael / Wirtz, Kai
  • 9. Population and Environment in Asia since 1600 AD / Revi, Aromar / Dronin, Nikolai M. / Vries, Bert de
  • 10. The Past 250 Years: Industrialization and Globalization / Goudsblom, Johan
  • 11. Back to Nature? The Punctuated History of a Natural Monument / Westbroek, Peter
  • 12. Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospects / Goudsblom, Johan / Vries, Bert de
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the authors
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Geographic Names

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