TY - BOOK AU - Ponting,Clive AU - Ponting,Clive TI - A new green history of the world: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations SN - 9780143038986 AV - GF75 .P66 2007 U1 - 304.2 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Natural history KW - Natural resources KW - Pollution KW - Social change N1 - Rev. ed. of: A green history of the world. 1991; Includes bibliographical references (p. [424]-434) and index; The lessons of Easter Island -- The foundations of history -- Ninety-nine per cent of human history -- The first great transition -- Destruction and survival -- The long struggle -- Ways of thought -- The rape of the world -- The foundations of inequality -- Disease and death -- The weight of numbers -- The second great transition -- The rise of the city -- Creating the affluent society -- Polluting the world -- The threat to global systems -- The shadow of the past UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007015544.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007015544-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007015544-d.html ER -