Encountering the past in nature - essays in environmental h

Klappentext A collection of essays offering various approaches to environmental history. Issues covered range from the intellectual formation of environmental concepts to case studies of forest history and animal extinction. Most essays focus on the issue of wilderness and the use of forest resources. Zusammenfassung A deeper understanding of contemporary environmental problems requires us to know where we come from, and the study of environmental history will help us in that quest. Environmental history, in short, may be described as an attempt to study the interaction between humans and nature in the past.

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• Authors: Timo Myllyntaus, timo saikku Myllyntaus
• Assisted by: Timo Myllyntaus (Editor), Mikko Saikku (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2000
• EAN: 9780821413586
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1358-6
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Ecology & History; Ohio University Press Series i; Series in Ecology and History; Ecology & History
• Subject: Guides > Nature