J. R. McNeill (Georgetown University)

Something New Under the Sun

An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World

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Produktbeschreibung

"One of those rare books thatâ s both sweeping and specific, scholarly and readableâ What makes the book stand out is its wealth of historical detail." â Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker

Produktdetails

• The Global Century Series
• Verlag: Norton
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 643g
• ISBN-13: 9780393321838
• ISBN-10: 0393321835
• Artikelnr.: 21214249

Autorenporträt

J. R. McNeill is a professor of history at Georgetown University. He is the author of award-winning works in world and environmental history. These include The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History (co-authored with his father and world history pioneer, William H. McNeill), and Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World , both published by Norton. McNeill is a recent past president of the American Historical Association.