Grand transitions : how the modern world was made

What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live. Now a fifth transition is underway: the environmental changes that...

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Auteur principal: Smil, Vaclav 1943- (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021
Sujets:Civilization, Modern Technology and civilization Population Economic history Human ecology Civilization, Modern-History Electronic books Bevölkerung Bevölkerungswachstum Einwohner plus... Sozialökologie Technisches Zeitalter
Description matérielle:1 online resource (385 pages)