Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-444) and indexes.
Contents; Preface; Editors'Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction: Towards a Historical View of Humanity and the Biosphere; 2. Introductory Overview: the Expanding Anthroposphere; 3. The Holocene: Global Change and Local Response; 4. Environment and the Great Transition: Agrarianization; 5. Exploring the Past: on Methods and Concepts; 6. Increasing Social Complexity; 7. Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean; 8. Understanding: Fragments of a Unifying Perspective; 9. Population and Environment in Asia since 1600 AD; 10. The Past 250 Years: Industrialization and Globalization.
11. Back to Nature? The Punctuated History of a Natural Monument12. Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospects; Notes; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index of Subjects; Index of Names; Index of Geographic Names.
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Never before in human society has the interaction of people and their natural environment been so complex. It is precisely this diversity that creates a need for a synthesis that transcends the boundaries of traditional academic fields. "Mappae Mundi.
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Mappae mundi.
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Human ecology.
Écologie humaine.
History.
Human ecology.
Humanities.
Mens en natuur.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Geography.
Sociale ecologie.
Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
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De Vries, Bert.
Goudsblom, Johan.
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Netherlands)