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Informationen zum Autor Anthony N. Penna is Professor Emeritus of History, Northeastern University. His books include Nature's Bounty: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives (1999), Remaking Boston: An Environmental History of the City and Its Surroundings (co-editor, 2009), and Natural Disasters in a Global Environment (co-author; Wiley, 2013). Klappentext The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day.* Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of the planet from its earliest origins to the present era* Draws on the most recent research in geology, climatology, evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, history, demography and the social and physical sciences* Features the latest research findings on planetary history, human evolution, the green agricultural revolution, climate change, global warming and the nature of world/human history interdependencies* Offers in-depth analyses of topics relating to human evolution, agriculture, population growth, urbanization, manufacturing, consumption, industrialization, and fossil fuel dependency. Zusammenfassung The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Nature of World HistoryThe Nature of Big HistoryThe Nature of World Environmental HistoryEarth History and Human OriginsMass Migrations and the Rise of AgriculturePopulation Growth and the Rise of CitiesCities and the Rise of Manufacturing and IndustryWorld Trade and New World EcologyFossil Fuels and Climate Change1 An Evolving EarthIntroductionThe Origins of the Earth and Its Unique Atmosphere: From Hot to Cold PlanetIcehouse Planet/Greenhouse PlanetPlate Tectonics, Super-Continents, and Climate ChangeThe WarmingThe CoolingThe Elevation of the Tibetan Plateau and Its Effect on the Global ClimateThe Birth, Death, and Rebirth of the Mediterranean Sea and its Hemispheric Environmental EffectsThe Impact of the Isthmus of Panama on Global Climate ChangeThe Mid-Pliocene, Glacial and Interglacial Cycles, and "Modern" Times2 Evolving HumanityIntroductionClimatic Changes and EvolutionAnother Effect of the Closing of the Mediterranean SeaHuman AncestryThe Birth of Human IntelligenceEarly Diets and Their Nutritional ValueTranslating Human Intelligence into ActionTectonic Upheavals, Changing Landscapes and ClimatePopulation Migration and ExpansionHomo neanderthalensis vs. Homo sapiensThe Broad Spectrum - an Economic Revolution3 Foraging, Cultivating, and Food ProductionIntroductionEarly Farming and a Warming ClimateSettlement and DomesticationEarly Agricultural CommunitiesEarly Agriculture in ChinaEarly Agriculture in AfricaEarly Agriculture in MesoamericaEarly Agriculture in EuropeWorld Agriculture During the Age of Manufacture and IndustryThe First Green RevolutionThe Second Green RevolutionAgro-business, Food Prices and Climate Change4 Populating the Earth: Diet, Domestication, and DiseaseIntroductionA Modern Demographic ScenarioThe Role of Disease in Calculating Population SizeThe Impact of Migration and Settlement on Global Population GrowthThe Role of Nutrition in Early Population GrowthThe Role of Animal Domestication in the Spread of Infectious DiseaseNutrition, Climate Change, and PopulationA Population Bomb or Not?5 The Making of an Urban WorldIntroductionWhat Does Urban Mean?Early Urbanization and Its Environmental EffectsAncient UrbanizationThe Origin of WritingThe Impact of Changing Rivers on Environmental QualityUrbanization in the Indus ValleyChina's Early CitiesAncient Mesoamerican CitiesEarly European Cities6 Mining, Making, and Ma...
