Mappae Mundi: Humans and their Habitats in a Long-Term Socio-Ecological Perspective: Myths, Maps and Models

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Mappae Mundi

Humans and their Habitats in a Long-Term Socio-Ecological Perspective: Myths, Maps and Models

Edited by: Johan Goudsblom and Bert de Vries

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2003

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A unique interdisciplinary overview of interaction between humans and the biosphere

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Johan Goudsblom is emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Bert de Vries is a senior researcher at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.

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Life Sciences Life Sciences, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
Editors’Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
1. Introduction: Towards a Historical View of Humanity and the Biosphere Johan Goudsblom and Bert de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
2. Introductory Overview: the Expanding Anthroposphere Johan Goudsblom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
3. The Holocene: Global Change and Local Response Robert Marchant and Bert de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
4. Environment and the Great Transition: Agrarianization Bert de Vries and Robert Marchant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
5. Exploring the Past: on Methods and Concepts Bert de Vries, Robert Marchant and Jodi de Greef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
6. Increasing Social Complexity Bert de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
7. Empire: the Romans in the Mediterranean Sander van der Leeuw and Bert de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
8. Understanding: Fragments of a Unifying Perspective Bert de Vries, Michael Thompson and Kai Wirtz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
9. Population and Environment in Asia since 1600 AD Aromar Revi, Nikolai M. Dronin and Bert de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	301
10. The Past 250 Years: Industrialization and Globalization Johan Goudsblom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
11. Back to Nature? The Punctuated History of a Natural Monument Peter Westbroek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	379
12. Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospects Johan Goudsblom and Bert de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	395
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	423
About the authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	445
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	447
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	461
Index of Geographic Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465

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July 22, 2019

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9789048505081

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448

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048505081

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