Biohistory : the interplay between human society and the biosphere, past and present /

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Author / Creator:Boyden, Stephen Vickers
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
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ISBN:185070371X (Parthenon) : $68.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.