{"product_id":"humans-versus-nature-daniel-r-headrick-9780190864729","title":"Humans Versus Nature: A Global Environmental History","description":"Since the appearance of \u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e on the planet hundreds of thousands of years ago, human beings have sought to exploit their environments, extracting as many resources as their technological ingenuity has allowed. As technologies have advanced in recent centuries, that impulse has remained largely unchecked, exponentially accelerating the human impact on the environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHumans versus Nature\u003c\/em\u003e tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relationship between the human and natural worlds. Nature is cast as an active protagonist, rather than a mere backdrop or victim of human malfeasance. Daniel R. Headrick shows how environmental changes--epidemics, climate shocks, and volcanic eruptions--have molded human societies and cultures, sometimes overwhelming them. At the same time, he traces the history of anthropogenic changes in the environment--species extinctions, global warming, deforestation, and resource depletion--back to the age of hunters and gatherers and the first farmers and herders. He shows how human interventions such as irrigation systems, over-fishing, and the Industrial Revolution have in turn harmed the very societies that initiated them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout, Headrick examines how human-driven environmental changes are interwoven with larger global systems, dramatically reshaping the complex relationship between people and the natural world. In doing so, he roots the current environmental crisis in the deep past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel R. Headrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190864729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190864729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.06w x 1.50d","brand":"Daniel R. Headrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045008437503,"sku":"9780190864729","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea48ce89-d759-446e-b027-721a5d2f879f.jpg?v=1684976187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humans-versus-nature-daniel-r-headrick-9780190864729","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}