An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome (Hardcover, REV English)

In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This book systematically describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of the tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature, from early Greece to the period of late antiquity. At the same time it analyses the comprehensive opening up of the Mediterranean and the northern frontier regions, both for settlement and for economic activity. The book's level and approach make it highly accessible to students and non-specialists.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Lukas Thommen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
Edition:	REV English
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-00216-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-107-00216-8
Barcode:	9781107002166

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