Biohistory : the interplay between human society and the biosphere, past and present /
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Author / Creator: | Boyden, Stephen Vickers |
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Imprint: | Paris : UNESCO ; Carnforth, Lancs, UK ; Park Ridge, N.J., USA : Parthenon Pub. Group, 1992. |
Description: | xiv, 265 p. : ill. maps ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Man and the biosphere series v. 8 |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1308610 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Biosphere
- 2. Biological Evolution
- 3. Patterns in Nature
- 4. Humans
- 5. The Biosphere and Human Society
- 6. Farming
- 7. Technological Developments and the Metabolism of Society
- 8. Warfare and Weaponry
- 9. Changes in Human Society
- 10. Biological Impacts on Human Populations
- 11. Human Behaviour and the Less Tangible Aspects of Human Experience
- 12. The Present and the Future in Biohistorical Perspective.