{"product_id":"a-companion-to-global-environmental-history-paperback","title":"A Companion to Global Environmental History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. R. McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eErin Stewart Mauldin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Global Environmental History\u003c\/i\u003e offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines temporal, geographic, thematic and contextual approaches from prehistory to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores environmental thought and action around the world, to give readers a cultural, intellectual and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together environmental historians from around the world, including scholars from South Africa, Brazil, Germany, and China\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Global Environmental History\u003c\/i\u003e orients readers to this dynamic and fast-growing field and provides an essential reference to current issues and controversies within the research arena. Bringing together environmental historians from around the world, it surveys past developments in scholarship, current contours of the field, and possible approaches for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour themed sections encompass temporal, geographic and thematic approaches from prehistory to the present day, to offer multiple points of entry into the substance and historiography of environmental history. Chapters explore themes across times, places and processes, as well as exploring environmental thought and action around the world, to give readers a cultural, intellectual and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times. The companion is a road map, not only for scholars and students who are coming to environmental history for the first time, but also for professional historians and specialists looking for comparative perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.R. McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Georgetown University, where he held the Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environmental and International Affairs before becoming University Professor in 2006. His book \u003ci\u003eSomething New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World\u003c\/i\u003e was listed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best science books ever written. The book was co-winner of the World History Association and Forest History Society book prizes and runner-up for the BP Natural World book prize. McNeill has authored a number of other award-winning books on environmental history, and in 2010 he was awarded the Toynbee Prize for 'academic and public contributions to humanity.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Stewart Mauldin\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor of History at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Her current project examines the ecological implications of the Civil War for agriculture in the U.S. South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.5 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734250885183,"sku":"9781118977538","price":100.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/01180be9c20719aaee20149586658ade.webp?v=1765139205","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-companion-to-global-environmental-history-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}