Title The mountains of the Mediterranean world : an environmental history / J.R. McNeill

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 423 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in environment and history Studies in environment and history Contents List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The Argument: Ecology, Economy, Shells, and Skeletons (starting p. 1) -- Population and Ecology: Overshoot (starting p. 2) -- Market Integration (starting p. 8) -- 2 Mediterranean Mountain Environments (starting p. 12) -- The Mediterranean Zone (starting p. 12) -- Five Mountain Ranges (starting p. 19) -- A Few Villages (starting p. 49) -- Conclusion (starting p. 66) -- 3 The Deep History of Mediterranean Landscapes (starting p. 68) -- Prehistoric Landscapes (starting p. 69) -- Ancient Landscape Change (starting p. 72) -- After the Ancients, A.D. 500-1000 (starting p. 84) -- The Slow Renaissance of the Mountains, 1000-1700 (starting p. 86) -- Five Mountain Landscapes, 500-1700 (starting p. 93) -- Conclusion (starting p. 102) -- 4 Material Life in the Mountain Environment, 1700-1900 (starting p. 104) -- The Land and the Seasons (starting p. 106) -- Vulnerabilities of Mountain Life (starting p. 114) -- Auxiliary Activities (starting p. 117) -- Basic Necessities (starting p. 126) -- Seasons of Life (starting p. 138) -- The Village and the Wider World (starting p. 142) -- Conclusion (starting p. 145) -- 5 Population, Settlement, and Landscapes (starting p. 147) -- The Quality of the Data (starting p. 149) -- The Taurus (starting p. 152) -- The Pindus (starting p. 162) -- The Lucanian Apennines (starting p. 176) -- The Alpujarra (starting p. 189) -- The Rif (starting p. 202) -- Conclusion (starting p. 218) -- 6 Political Economy and Mountain Landscape (starting p. 221) -- The Loss of Auxiliary Activities (starting p. 223) -- Economic Change and Environmental Decay (starting p. 236) -- Politics and War (starting p. 260) -- Conclusion (starting p. 270) -- 7 The Changing Landscape since 1800 (starting p. 272) -- Economy and Landscapes (starting p. 272) -- Evidence of Landscape Change (starting p. 284) -- Deforestation (starting p. 286) -- Erosion (starting p. 311) -- Consequences of Landscape Change (starting p. 325) -- Interventions (starting p. 346) -- Conclusion (starting p. 349) -- 8 Conclusion (starting p. 351) -- Bibliography (starting p. 359) -- Index (starting p. 419) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-417) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Mediterranean Region Deforestation -- Mediterranean Region Soil erosion -- Mediterranean Region Landscape changes -- Mediterranean Region Mountain ecology -- Mediterranean Region SUBJECT Mediterranean Region -- Social conditions Form Electronic book Author Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780511529023 (electronic bk.) 0511529023 (electronic bk.)

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