From the Book - Regular Print
Introduction : world history and environmental history / Kenneth Pomeranz --
Big story : human history, energy regimes, and the environment / Edmund Burke III --
Toward a global system of property rights in land / John F. Richards --
Transformation of the Middle Eastern environment, 1500 B.C.E.-2000 C.E. / Edmund Burke III --
Transformation of China's environment, 1500-2000 / Kenneth Pomeranz --
Rhine as a world river / Mark Cioc --
Continuity and transformation : colonial rice frontiers and their environmental impact on the great river deltas of mainland Southeast Asia / Michael Adas --
Beyond the colonial paradigm : African history and environmental history in large-scale perspective / William Beinart --
Environmental histories of India : of states, landscapes, and ecologies / Mahesh Rangarajan --
Latin American environmental history : a shifting old/new field / Lise Sedrez --
Predatory tribute-taking state : a framework for understanding Russian environmental history / Douglas R. Weiner.