Global life systems / Population, food, and disease in the process of globalization POPULATION, FOOD AND DISEASE IN THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION
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TextPublication details: USA Rowman & Littlefield 2001Description: 384p., 229 x 152mm, Bibliography, index, paperbackISBN: - 0742500756
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 304.2 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R08166KRCT |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Humans did not begin as a global species; we had to expand to become one. And we could not have done so without other living organisms becoming global along with us."
Robert P. Clark develops in this book a global life systems perspective that delineates how biological forces mutually reinforce one another--and what their globalization has meant for both human society and the biosphere. While he resists biological "determinism," Clark traces interconnected developments among population, disease, agriculture, trade, fuels, and other life systems to more thoroughly explore and elucidate the globalization of human endeavors within an ever evolving context of nature and environment. His lucid and richly documented book offers a fresh look at social evolution and a broader basis for understanding the contemporary context for global change.
In this work, the author develops a global life systems perspective that delineates how biological forces mutually reinforce one another - and what their globalization has meant for both human society and the biosphere.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. ix)
- Part I Global Life Systems
- 1 Life Systems and Globalization (p. 3)
- 2 Population (p. 27)
- 3 Food (p. 55)
- 4 Disease (p. 83)
- Part II Case Studies
- 5 Agriculture Comes to Europe (p. 113)
- 6 The Biology of the Silk Road (p. 139)
- 7 The Biological Impact of Europeans on Eastern North America, 1600-1800 (p. 165)
- 8 Feeding Industrial Cities (p. 191)
- Part III Consequences
- 9 Global Food Networks in the Information Age (p. 221)
- 10 Emerging (and Re-emerging) Infectious Diseases (p. 247)
- 11 The Loss of Biodiversity (p. 277)
- 12 Where Do We Go from Here? The Biology of Interplanetary and Interstellar Migration (p. 305)
- Index (p. 335)
- About the Author (p. 351)