Anthony N. Penna

The Human Footprint (eBook, ePUB)

A Global Environmental History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. * Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of the planet from its earliest origins to the present era * Draws on the most recent research in geology, climatology, evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, history, demography and the social and physical sciences * Features the latest research findings on planetary history, human evolution, the green agricultural revolution, climate change, global warming and the nature of world/human history interdependencies * Offers in-depth analyses of topics relating to human evolution, agriculture, population growth, urbanization, manufacturing, consumption, industrialization, and fossil fuel dependency.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118912430
• Artikelnr.: 41738029

Autorenporträt

Anthony N. Penna is Professor Emeritus of History, Northeastern University. His books include Nature's Bounty: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives (1999), Remaking Boston: An Environmental History of the City and Its Surroundings (co-editor, 2009), and Natural Disasters in a Global Environment (co-author; Wiley, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction The Nature of World History
The Nature of Big History The Nature of World Environmental History Earth
History and Human Origins Mass Migrations and the Rise of Agriculture
Population Growth and the Rise of Cities Cities and the Rise of
Manufacturing and Industry World Trade and New World Ecology Fossil Fuels
and Climate Change 1 An Evolving Earth Introduction The Origins of the
Earth and Its Unique Atmosphere: From Hot to Cold Planet Icehouse
Planet/Greenhouse Planet Plate Tectonics, Super-Continents, and Climate
Change The Warming The Cooling The Elevation of the Tibetan Plateau and Its
Effect on the Global Climate The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of the
Mediterranean Sea and its Hemispheric Environmental Effects The Impact of
the Isthmus of Panama on Global Climate Change The Mid-Pliocene, Glacial
and Interglacial Cycles, and "Modern" Times 2 Evolving Humanity
Introduction Climatic Changes and Evolution Another Effect of the Closing
of the Mediterranean Sea Human Ancestry The Birth of Human Intelligence
Early Diets and Their Nutritional Value Translating Human Intelligence into
Action Tectonic Upheavals, Changing Landscapes and Climate Population
Migration and Expansion Homo neanderthalensis vs. Homo sapiens The Broad
Spectrum - an Economic Revolution 3 Foraging, Cultivating, and Food
Production Introduction Early Farming and a Warming Climate Settlement and
Domestication Early Agricultural Communities Early Agriculture in China
Early Agriculture in Africa Early Agriculture in Mesoamerica Early
Agriculture in Europe World Agriculture During the Age of Manufacture and
Industry The First Green Revolution The Second Green Revolution
Agro-business, Food Prices and Climate Change 4 Populating the Earth: Diet,
Domestication, and Disease Introduction A Modern Demographic Scenario The
Role of Disease in Calculating Population Size The Impact of Migration and
Settlement on Global Population Growth The Role of Nutrition in Early
Population Growth The Role of Animal Domestication in the Spread of
Infectious Disease Nutrition, Climate Change, and Population A Population
Bomb or Not? 5 The Making of an Urban World Introduction What Does Urban
Mean? Early Urbanization and Its Environmental Effects Ancient Urbanization
The Origin of Writing The Impact of Changing Rivers on Environmental
Quality Urbanization in the Indus Valley China's Early Cities Ancient
Mesoamerican Cities Early European Cities 6 Mining, Making, and
Manufacturing Introduction The Age of Copper and Bronze The Effects of
Ancient Mining on Human Health and the Environment Mining in the Roman
World The Age of Iron Iron Making in China and India Iron Making in
pre-Modern Europe Manufacturing in West Africa 1350-1800 Manufacturing in
Colonial America Manufacturing in the Modern World 7 Industrial Work
Introduction China and India's Economy European Hegemony and British
Industrialization Economic Developments in China, Japan, and India
Harnessing the Power of Water Disease, Death and a Public Health Response
The Power of Steam The Role of Invention and Innovation Comparing
Industrialization in the United States and in Britain Coal, Iron, and Steel
Industrial Transformation and Global Auto Mobility 8 Trade and Consumption
Introduction Global Trading Networks Distancing Consumers from Producers
Material Goods Luxury Foods Become Commodities Tobacco Sugar Coffee and Tea
Environmental Effects of Increased Cultivation of Coffee Conspicuous
Consumption Global Consumption The Automobile and Electronics in Emerging
Markets 9 Fossil Fuels, Wind, Water, Nuclear and Solar Energy Introduction
The Eotechnic World: Waterwheels and Windmills The Paleotechnic World:
Energy from Coal The Neotechnic World: Energy from Oil The Developing
World's Demands for Energy The Case for Natural Gas: A Neotechnic Energy
Solution The Case for Nuclear Energy: Another Neotechnic Solution The Case
for Renewable Wind and Solar Power: A Return to the Eotechnic 10 A Warming
Climate Introduction The Rise and Fall of the Mayan Civilization The
Medieval Warm Period (1000-1300 ce) and Little Ice Age (1300-1850 ce)
Current Global Climate Conditions The Role of Solar Energy The Role of the
Atlantic Circulation Energy Exchange The Role of Fossil Fuel Emissions What
Is to Be Done? Epilogue Notes Index