Ebook: Something new under the sun : an environmental history of the twentieth-century world
Author: J. R. McNeill
- Tags: Human ecology -- History -- 20th century, Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History -- 20th century, Écologie humaine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle, Homme -- Influence sur la nature -- Histoire -- 20e siècle, Human ecology, Nature -- Effect of human beings on, Milieuverandering
- Year: 2001
- Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
- City: New York
- Edition: Sony ed.
- Language: English
- epub
"In the course of the twentieth century the human race, without intending anything of the sort, has undertaken a giant, uncontrolled experiment on the earth. In time, according to J.R. McNeill in his startling new book, the environmental dimension of twentieth-century history will overshadow the importance of events like the world wars, the rise and fall of communism, and the spread of mass literacy. Contrary to the Read more...