
Environments and Historical Change
The Linacre Lectures
Paul Slack(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 18. November 1999
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-0-19-823388-6 (ISBN)
Description
Present anxieties about global warming and threats to biodiversity leave no doubts that environmental changes impact upon humans. Perceptions of the environment change as people try to define and shape 'nature' in different ways. The book explores the relationship between environmental change and society from the last Ice Age to the present. The book examines the environmental impact of fluctuations in climate and the demand for energy, and the patters which human societies have imposed on their surroundings, from boundaries to the cultural projections of legends and film. Together they show how insights from the disciplines of geography and geography, history and anthropology, can throw fresh light on the long-term attachment of people to place.
The chapters in this book were originally delivered as Linacre Lectures at Linacre College, Oxford University
The chapters in this book were originally delivered as Linacre Lectures at Linacre College, Oxford University
Reviews / Votes
All of the contributions present interesting views of environmental issues with a temporal dimension, and make for stimulating reading * HISTORY * Use this book to change your mind and initiate some new adventures to help interpret where we are and from where we have come * International Journal of Environmental Studies *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 halftones, line figures
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-823388-6 (9780198233886)
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