Penury into Plenty: Dearth and the Making of Knowledge in Early Modern England

By Ayesha Mukherjee

Book Overview

Penury into Plenty demonstrates that the investigation of past ecological consciousness and environmental change is vital for understanding contemporary concerns. By drawing upon environmental, economic, scientific and literary history and theory, this book examines the socio-economic and ecological crises in England in the 1590s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367870843
• ISBN13: 9780367870843
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"