Full name: A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations

Author: Clive Ponting Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140176605 9780143038986 0140176608 0143038982

A study of world civilizations, from Sumeria to Ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire of pre-Columbian North America and tiny Easter Island, that argues that over and over again, human beings have built societies that have grown and prospered by exploiting the Earth's resources, only to expand to the point where those resources could no longer sustain the societies' populations, and subsequently collapse. In this context, the collapse of Rome has vital importance for our modern global civilization. Destructive environmental behaviour today takes place on a scale much greater than in previous times, and the results will be similarly multiplied. This book, calmly and sanely, argues for an increased realization of the finite nature of our resources, and the impact on our world should we continue squandering those resources. Similar books: Something New Under the Sun by J. R. McNeill World History by Clive Ponting Ecological Imperialism by Alfred W. Crosby The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer Ecoholic by Adria Vasil 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer Catastrophe by David Keys Unnatural Murder by Anne Somerset Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey The Code Book by Simon Singh Civilization by Roger Osborne Cotton by Stephen Yafa A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin Cod by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough Hackers by Steven Levy The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh