From Antiquity to the Renaissance -- Mercantilism and natural resources -- Pre-classical enlightenment developments -- The physiocrats and the bread riots -- From Adam Smith to classical political economy -- John Stuart Mill and the idea of progress -- Managing nature in the enlightenment -- Ricardo and Malthus on the utilization of nature -- Jean-Baptiste Say and other contemporaries -- John Stuart Mill's attitude toward nature -- Epilogue: from socialism to modernity.
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