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The Unending Frontier - An Environmental History of the Early Modern World (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Unending Frontier - An Environmental History of the Early Modern World (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: California World History Library, 1
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""The Unending Frontier brings into focus the staggering
environmental changes that came with the creation of the early
modern world economy. John Richards assembles material from all
around the world into a crisp and coherent picture of the meaning
of global markets for the biosphere in the sixteenth through
eighteenth centuries. This is a work of the first importance for
environmental history, for economic history, and for world
history."--John R. McNeill, author of "Something New under the Sun:
An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World"A landmark
book. Richards moves deftly among various ways of thinking about
the early modern environment--national case studies, studies of
particular industries, and reflections on increasing global
interconnections--so that we get not only a wealth of important
data and stories, but multiple perspectives on the topic as a
whole. Both the breadth and the depth of the project are inspiring:
people will learn new things about environmental change, even in
their regions of specialization. But the biggest payoff is in the
way Richards weaves environmental change into more familiar early
modern stories of global trade, colonialism, technological change,
and, above all, state formation. None of these topics will ever
look quite the same again."--Kenneth Pomeranz, author of "The Great
Divergence: Europe, China, and the Making of the Modern World
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Imprint: |
University of California Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
California World History Library, 1 |
Release date: |
2006 |
First published: |
2006 |
Authors: |
John F. Richards
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
696 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-24678-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-520-24678-0 |
Barcode: |
9780520246782 |
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