"First published in German as Natur und Macht by Joachim Radkau 2002"--Title page verso.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-407) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Thinking about environmental history -- The ecology of subsistence and tacit knowledge: primeval symbioses of humans and nature -- Water, forests, and power -- Colonialism as a watershed in environmental history -- At the limits of nature -- In the labyrinth of globalization -- Epilogue: how to argue with environmental history in politics.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'Nature and Power' explores the interaction between humanity and the natural environment from prehistoric times to the present. At the same time, it aims to demonstrate that the changing relationship between humanity and nature is key to understanding world history.