Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
ISBN 13 | 9780190864712 |
ISBN 10 | 0190864710 |
Author | Daniel R. Headrick |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | Humans versus Nature relates the history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relations between human societies and the natural environment in all regions of the world and tracing the current enviro |
About the Author | Daniel R. Headrick is Professor of Social Science and History, emeritus, at Roosevelt University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (OUP); The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism (OUP); The Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics, 1851-1945 (OUP); When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 (OUP); Technology: A World History (OUP); and Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. |
Publication Date | 2020-03-05 |
Number of Pages | 624 pages |
Humans versus Nature: A Global Environmental History
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