Description:
A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizationsby Clive Ponting
ISBN is 9780140176605 / 0140176608
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1993
Paperback
5 x 7.75 inches, 430 pages
In an important work that forces readers to view history with new eyes, Ponting shows in compelling detail how, over and over, human beings throughout history have prospered by exploiting the Earth's resources to the point where they could no longer sustain societies' populations, causing collapse. Publicity to tie in with Earth Day (April 23rd).