The Ends of the Earth

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Part I. Introduction:
• 1. The vulnerable Earth: toward a planetary history Donald Worster
• Part II. Dynamics of Change:
• 2. Environment, population, and technology in primitive societies Ester Boserup
• 3. Climatic fluctuations and population problems in early modern history Gustaf Utterström
• 4. The English industrial revolution Richard G. Wilkinson
• Part III. The European Invasion:
• 5. Ecological imperialism: the overseas migration of Western Europeans as a biological phenomenon Alfred W. Crosby
• 6. The depletion of India's forests under British imperialism: planters, foresters, and peasants in Assam and Kerala Richard P. Tucker
• 7. Toward an archaeology of colonialism: elements in the ecological transformation of the Ivory Coast Timothy C. Weiskel
• Part IV. Conserving Nature - Past and Present:
• 8. The myth of the southern soil miner: macrohistory, agricultural innovation, and environmental change Carville Earle
• 9. Toward an interactive theory of nature and culture: ecology, production, and cognition in the California fishing industry Arthur F. McEvoy
• 10. Efficiency, equity, esthetics: shifting themes in American cconservation Clayton R. Koppes
• 11. The changing face of soviet conservation Douglas R. Weiner
• Part V. Conclusion:
• 12. Toward a biosphere consciousness Raymond F. Dasmann
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index.
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