1. Introduction: environment and history 2. The world hunt 3. Forests and forestry 4. Soils and irrigation 5. Cities and the environment 6. Conclusion: beyond the limits?
Biography
Stephen Mosley is Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Lancaster University. He is the author of The Chimney of the World: A History of Smoke Pollution in Victorian and Edwardian Manchester, also published by Routledge.
‘A book like this one goes a long way to making environmental history something that any and everyone can easily grasp.’
Reviews in History
‘A must read for anyone interested in exploring the historical roots of a planetwide ecological crisis. Essential.’
Choice
‘As with many of the volumes in this series "Themes in World History", this one will undoubtedly become an important contribution to the field of world environmental history.’
Anthony N. Penna, Comparativ
‘Meticulously researched, it is sure to provide even the hardened environmental historian with some new case study, some unexpected interpretive slant or some grim statistic to mull over. Brief though it is, this is surely one of the best histories of the environment currently available.’
Environment and History
