Encountering the Past in Nature: Essays in Environmental History

by Timo Myllyntaus

Book Overview

A deeper understanding of contemporary environmental problems requires us to know where we come from, and the study of environmental history will help us in that quest. Environmental history, in short, may be described as an attempt to study the interaction between humans and nature in the past. How have human societies affected their environment and vice versa? What does history tell us about ecological change?

The essays in Encountering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821413589
• ISBN13: 9780821413586
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.4"