Cataclysms : an environmental history of humanity / Laurent Testot ; translated by Katharine Throssell.

Main entry:

Testot, Laurent, author.

Title & Author:

Cataclysms : an environmental history of humanity / Laurent Testot ; translated by Katharine Throssell.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020.
©2020

Description:

xviii, 452 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Monkey conquers the world. We are the children of the climate ; The end of the elephants ; The wheat deal ; Collapse -- Monkey dominates nature. When gods guide the way; All empires will fall ; After summer comes winter ; Biological hazards ; Demographic hazards -- Monkey transforms the Earth. The promises of quicksilver ; Cold, cold Earth ; Dying for the forest ; Unlimited energy ; The cold chill of catastrophe ; A time of excess ; The blind flock ; Tomorrow's world -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"To an extent undreamed of by any other species, the human race has changed this planet forever. In Cataclysms, Laurent Testot surveys the long history of human influence on Earth and finds that mass extinctions, deforestation, global warming, ocean acidification, unchecked pollution, and endless violence have been only some of the costs of human innovation and progress. Testot's approach, however, while sweeping, is light and approachable, telling the story-sometimes rambunctious, sometimes appalling-of how a glorified monkey transformed its own environment beyond all recognition. We can see in this telling our own contemporary concerns with the state and fate of the planet, but Testot imparts a fresh appreciation of the depth, scope, and force of the history behind them"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780226609126 hardcover
022660912X hardcover
electronic book
9780226609263

Subject:

Human ecology History.
Human beings Effect of environment on History.
Nature Effect of human beings on History.
Êtres humains Influence de l'environnement Histoire.
Êtres humains Influence sur la nature Histoire.
NATURE / Ecology.
Human beings Effect of environment on
Human ecology
Nature Effect of human beings on

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Throssell, Katharine, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308792
Call No.: BIB 254123
Status: Available

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