{"product_id":"a-companion-to-global-environmental-history-isbn-9781118977538","title":"A Companion to Global Environmental History","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Global Environmental History\u003c\/i\u003e offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines temporal, geographic, thematic and contextual approaches from prehistory to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores environmental thought and action around the world, to give readers a cultural, intellectual and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together environmental historians from around the world, including scholars from South Africa, Brazil, Germany, and China\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Notes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Environmental History: An Introduction xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. R. McNeill and Erin Stewart Mauldin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Times 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 1 Global Environmental History: The First 150,000 Years 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e J. R. McNeill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 2 The Ancient World, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE 18\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Donald Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 3 The Medieval World, 500 to 1500 CE 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Headrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 4 The (Modern) World since 1500 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert B. Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Part II Places79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 5 Southeast Asia in Global Environmental History 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Boomgaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 6 Environmental History in Africa 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane Carruthers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 7 Latin America in Global Environmental History 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShawn W. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 8 The United States in Global Environmental History 132\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErin Stewart Mauldin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 9 The Arctic and Subarctic in Global Environmental History 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiza Piper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 10 The Middle East in Global Environmental History 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Mikhail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 11 Australia in Global Environmental History 182\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLibby Robin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 12 Oceania: The Environmental History of One-Third of the Globe 196\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul D ’ Arcy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 13 The Environmental History of the Soviet Union 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Part III Drivers Of Change And Environmental Transformations 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Grasslands of North America and Russia 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Global Forests 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Langston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 16 Fishing and Whaling 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMicah S. Muscolino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Riverine Environments 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Roe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 18 War and the Environment 319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard P. Tucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 19 Technology and the Environment 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Josephson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 20 Cities and the Environment 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJordan Bauer and Martin V. Melosi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 21 Evolution and the Environment 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdmund Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 22 Climate Change in Global Environmental History 394\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSam White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 23 Industrial Agriculture 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Meredith McKittrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 24 Biological Exchange in Global Environmental History 433\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. R. McNeill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Part IV Environmental Thought And Action 453\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 25 Environmentalism in Brazil: A Historical Perspective 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosé Augusto Pádua\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Environmentalism and Environmental Movements in China since 1949 474\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBao Maohong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 27 Religion and Environmentalism 493\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoachim Radkau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 28 The Environmentalism of the Poor: Its Origins and Spread 513\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Joan Martinez-Alier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 530\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e “Those whose interest is world environmental history will find this book a pleasure to read from cover to cover, and the bibliographies current and extensive” \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“There is much in this book that will be of interest to environmentalists, geographers and politicians, and the general public. Environmental historians should find this a useful overview of their topic.” \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJ.R. McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Georgetown University, where he held the Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environmental and International Affairs before becoming University Professor in 2006. His book \u003ci\u003eSomething New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World\u003c\/i\u003e was listed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best science books ever written. The book was co-winner of the World History Association and Forest History Society book prizes and runner-up for the BP Natural World book prize. McNeill has authored a number of other award-winning books on environmental history, and in 2010 he was awarded the Toynbee Prize for ‘academic and public contributions to humanity.'  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Stewart Mauldin\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor of History at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Her current project examines the ecological implications of the Civil War for agriculture in the U.S. South.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Global Environmental History\u003c\/i\u003e orients readers to this dynamic and fast-growing field and provides an essential reference to current issues and controversies within the research arena. Bringing together environmental historians from around the world, it surveys past developments in scholarship, current contours of the field, and possible approaches for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour themed sections encompass temporal, geographic and thematic approaches from prehistory to the present day, to offer multiple points of entry into the substance and historiography of environmental history. Chapters explore themes across times, places and processes, as well as exploring environmental thought and action around the world, to give readers a cultural, intellectual and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times. The companion is a road map, not only for scholars and students who are coming to environmental history for the first time, but also for professional historians and specialists looking for comparative perspectives.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988608041189,"sku":"NP9781118977538","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118977538.jpg?v=1761780953","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-global-environmental-history-isbn-9781118977538","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}