TY - BOOK ID - 17165651 TI - A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations. PY - 2007 SN - 9780099516682 0099516683 9780143038986 0143038982 PB - New York Penguin books DB - UniCat KW - Nature KW - Natural history KW - Natural resources KW - Pollution KW - Social change KW - Nature and civilization KW - Effect of human beings on KW - 301.175 KW - 330.52 KW - Cultuurgeschiedenis KW - Sociale verandering KW - Nationaal vermogen KW - Ecologische geschiedenis KW - Resources, Natural KW - History, Natural KW - Physiophilosophy KW - Anthropogenic effects on nature KW - Ecological footprint KW - 930.85 KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Chemical pollution KW - Chemicals KW - Contamination of environment KW - Environmental pollution KW - Contamination (Technology) KW - Asbestos abatement KW - Bioremediation KW - Environmental engineering KW - Environmental quality KW - Factory and trade waste KW - Hazardous waste site remediation KW - Hazardous wastes KW - In situ remediation KW - Lead abatement KW - Pollutants KW - Refuse and refuse disposal KW - Human beings KW - Anthropogenic soils KW - Human ecology KW - National resources KW - Resource-based communities KW - Resource curse KW - Natural science KW - Biology KW - Science KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - History of civilization KW - Natural history. KW - Natural resources. KW - Pollution. KW - Social change. KW - Effect of human beings on. KW - Civilization and nature KW - Civilization KW - Nature - Effect of human beings on KW - Human ecology. Social biology KW - World history UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17165651 AB - Clive Ponting's original and provocative history of human civilization, now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition. Years ahead of its time, Clive Ponting captivated readers with A Green History of the World, his study of great civilizations and the causes of their fall. Using the Roman empire as its central example, this classic work reveals how overexpansion and the exhaustion of available natural resources have played key roles in the collapse of all great cultures in human history. With an argument of urgent relevance to our modern society, A Green History of the World offers a provocative and illuminating view of human history and its relationship to the environment. ER -