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Author:

Radkau, Joachim, 1943-

Title:

Nature and power : a global history of the environment / Joachim Radkau ; translated by Thomas Dunlap.

Edition:

1st English ed.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xvii, 430 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human ecology--History.
Nature--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Radkau, Joachim, 1943- Natur und Macht.
German Historical Institute in London.

Notes:

"First published in German as Natur und Macht by Joachim Radkau 2002"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-407) and index.

Contents:

Thinking about environmental history -- The ecology of subsistence and tacit knowledge: primeval symbioses of humans and nature -- Water, forests, and power -- Colonialism as a watershed in environmental history -- At the limits of nature -- In the labyrinth of globalization -- Epilogue: how to argue with environmental history in politics.

Series:

Publications of the German Historical Institute

ISBN:

0521616735 (pbk.)
9780521616737 (pbk.)
0521851297 (hardback)
9780521851299 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)123136850

LCCN:

2007015238

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)