The Earth transformed : an untold history
Frankopan, Peter2023
Book
Total copies: 2
Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on us are not new. In a bold narrative that spans centuries and continents, Peter Frankopan argues that nature has always played a fundamental role in the writing of history. Taking us from the beginning of recorded history to the present day, this book forces us to reckon with humankind's continuing efforts to make sense of the natural world: again and again. Frankopan shows that when past empires have failed to act sustainably, they have been met with catastrophe.
Main title:
The Earth transformed : an untold history / Peter Frankopan.
Author:
Frankopan, Peter, author
Imprint:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
xxv, 695 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Colour maps on end pages.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780525659167 (hardcover)9780525659174 (ebook)
Dewey class:
304.209304.25
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
746210