| Description |
1 online resource (563 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Part I: Clearing in the Deep Past; 1. The Return of the Forest; 2. Fire and Foragers; 3. The First Farmers; 4. The Classical World; 5. The Medieval World; Part II: Reaching Out: Europe and the Wider World; 6. Driving Forces and Cultural Climates, 15001750; 7. Clearing in Europe, 15001750; 8. The Wider World, 15001750; 9. Driving Forces and Cultural Climates, 17501900; 10. Clearing in the Temperate World, 17501920; 11. Clearing in the Tropical World, 17501920; Part III: The Global Forest; 12. Scares and Solutions, 19001944 |
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13. The Great Onslaught, 194595: Dimensions of Change14. The Great Onslaught, 19451995: Patterns of Change; Epilogue: Backward and Forward Glances; Acknowledgments; List of Measures, Abbreviations, and Acronyms; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index |
| Summary |
Since humans first appeared on the earth, we've been cutting down trees for fuel and shelter. Indeed, the thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests are among the most important ways humans have transformed the global environment. With the onset of industrialization and colonization the process has accelerated, as agriculture, metal smelting, trade, war, territorial expansion, and even cultural aversion to forests have all taken their toll. Michael Williams surveys ten thousand years of history to trace how, why, and when human-induced deforestation has shaped economies, societies, a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Forests and forestry -- History
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Clearing of land -- History
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Deforestation -- History
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Clearing of land
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Deforestation
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Forests and forestry
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Bossen.
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Ontbossing.
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Florestas.
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Desmatamento (história)
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Déboisement.
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Défrichement.
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Forêt.
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Foresterie.
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Histoire.
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Influence de l'homme sur la nature.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001007754 |
| ISBN |
9780226899053 |
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0226899055 |
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9780226899268 |
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0226899268 |
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