London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : in the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Physical Details
viii, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBNs
1845110552, 9781845110550
OCLC
ocm71672060
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-228) and index.
Environmental changes and human response in perspective: the last 12,000 years -- Environmental systems and processes -- Hunters and hunter-gatherers -- Early agricultural societies -- Early civilisations and empires -- Medieval and early modern societies -- Modern developed societies -- The modern less developed world -- Postscript: Environmental change in the future