Kirkpatrick Sale

After Eden

The Evolution of Human Domination

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Links our penchant for domination, which is causing serious damage to the earth, to the Homo sapiens' introduction of big-game hunting 70,000 years ago and the consequent separation from, and eventual antagonism to, our fellow species.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780822338857
• ISBN-10: 0822338858
• Artikelnr.: 21280461

Autorenporträt

Kirkpatrick Sale is the author of a dozen books, including The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream; Rebels against the Future: The Luddites and their War on the Industrial Revolution: Lessons for the Computer Age; The Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement, 1962–1992; and The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a former editor at the New York Times Magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 1. The Dawn of Modern Culture: 70
000-50
000 Years Ago 11 2. The Conquest of Europe: 55
000-20
000 Years Ago 37 3. Intensification and Agriculture: 20
000-5
000 Years Ago 71 4. The Erectus Alternative: 1
800
000-30
000 Years Ago 105 Notes 139 Source Notes 145 Bibliography 175 Acknowledgments 179 Index 181