- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409000723
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
A New Green History Of The World
The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations
- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409000723
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
An ambitious and thought-provoking attempt to rewrite history from an ecological standpoint
Independent
If there is a single book on the subject to engage the enthusiast, silence the cynic and enlighten the ignoramus, this is it
Observer
Large, ambitious and often enthralling, it is a successful attempt to look at the unfolding of world history from an entirely new perspective
Literary Review
Pioneering...a book good enough to rival the best American products in the field... Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success
Times Literary Supplement
Ponting's re-evaluation of history is an important antidote to mental troglodytism. It also makes a welcome change from the scatter-gun apocalypse-mongering which has become standard fare in green literature. With luck and foresight, and more books like this, we may yet learn our lesson
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