Alfred Crosby
Books by Alfred Crosby
Ecological Imperialism
by Alfred Crosby
What he does is show how environments influenced the relations between civilisations, especially between Europe and the new world
Interviews where books by Alfred Crosby were recommended
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The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
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Ecological Imperialism
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The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World
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The Ecology of Oil: Environment, Labor, and the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1938
by Myrna I. Santiago
The best books on Environmental History, recommended by John R McNeill
The best books on Environmental History, recommended by John R McNeill
Environmental history is the study of the relationship between society and the natural world—both in terms of human impacts on the environment, and the constraints placed upon cultures by the landscapes they live in. Here, John R. McNeill, a pioneer of the field, recommends five of the best environmental history books with ambition, engaging prose, and heft.
The best books on Technology and Nature, recommended by Daniel Headrick
The historian explains how the power of technology has affected man’s relationship with the rest of nature, and tells us what determines why some civilisations succeed and others fail
