Nature's End
History and the Environment

Description
Environmental History as a distinct discipline is now over a generation old, with a large and diverse group of practitioners around the globe. This book provides a reflection on the achievements, diversity, and direction of environmental history in its varied national, international and continental contexts.
About this Author
PAUL WARDE is a Reader in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. Previous works includeEconomy, Ecology and State Formation in Early Modern Germany (2006) andEnergy Consumption in England and Wales 1560-2000 (2007). He was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2008.
SVERKER SÖRLIN is Professor of Environmental History in the Division of History of Science and Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Among his books areSustainability - the Challenge (1998) andNarrating the Arctic (2002, with M. T. Bravo). He won the August [for Strindberg] Prize for his two volumeHistory of European Ideas 1492-1918 (2004).
SVERKER SÖRLIN is Professor of Environmental History in the Division of History of Science and Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Among his books areSustainability - the Challenge (1998) andNarrating the Arctic (2002, with M. T. Bravo). He won the August [for Strindberg] Prize for his two volumeHistory of European Ideas 1492-1918 (2004).
Reviews
"[T]he volume achieves its stated goal: to broaden the meaning of 'history' and at the same time preserve its essentially human focus... The essays will appeal to professional historians and graduate students... Recommended." --CHOICE
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