1st Edition

A Brief History of Pollution

By Adam C. Markham Copyright 1994
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1994, this book links the distant past with the urgent problems of today, taking the reader on a literary and scientific tour of global pollution from pre-history to the post-industrial age. Ancient problems such as lead poisoning in Rome and water pollution in Mesopotamia provide the background to a discussion of modern catastrophes including the hole in the ozone layer,... Read more

 

Biography

Adam C. Markham