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ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press.] Hardcover First Edition XII, 545 Seiten / p., Beilage. altersgemäß sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - Beilage / supplement: Rezension / review - In Civilizations, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto once again proves himself a brilliantly original historian, capable of large-minded and comprehensive works; here he redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization. -- To Fernandez-Armesto, a civilization is "civilized in direct proportion to its distance, its difference from the unmodified natural environment" . ? by its taming and warping of climate, geography, and ecology. The same impersonal forces that put an ocean between Africa and India, a river delta in Mesopotamia, or a 2,000-mile-long mountain range in South America have created the mold from which humanity has fashioned its own wildly differing cultures. In a grand tradition that is certain to evoke comparisons to the great historical taxonomies, each chapter of Civilizations connects the world of the ecologist and geographer to a panorama of cultural history. In Civilizations, the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is not merely a Christian allegory, but a testament to the thousand-year-long deforestation of the trees that once covered 90 percent of the European mainland. The Indian Ocean has served as the worlds greatest ...
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press.] Hardcover First Edition XII, 545 Seiten / p., Beilage. altersgemäß sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - Beilage / supplement: Rezension / review - In Civilizations, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto once again proves himself a brilliantly original historian, capable of large-minded and comprehensive works; here he redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization. -- To Fernandez-Armesto, a civilization is "civilized in direct proportion to its distance, its difference from the unmodified natural environment" . ? by its taming and warping of climate, geography, and ecology. The same impersonal forces that put an ocean between Africa and India, a river delta in Mesopotamia, or a 2,000-mile-long mountain range in South America have created the mold from which humanity has fashioned its own wildly differing cultures. In a grand tradition that is certain to evoke comparisons to the great historical taxonomies, each chapter of Civilizations connects the world of the ecologist and geographer to a panorama of cultural history. In Civilizations, the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is not merely a Christian allegory, but a testament to the thousand-year-long deforestation of the trees that once covered 90 percent of the European mainland. The Indian Ocean has served as the worlds greatest ...
Free Press 2001-05-02 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Dust Jacket Size: 9x6x1; Almost near fine. 1st printing of 1st edition, with complete/full number line. NOT ex-lib. Text clean; binding is tight and sturdy; corners sharp; unclipped DJ looks great. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
New York: Free Press, Date: 2001-05-02. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 9x6x1. Almost near fine. 1st printing of 1st edition, with complete/full number line. NOT ex-lib. Text clean; binding is tight and sturdy; corners sharp; unclipped DJ looks great. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. 2001. Free Press ISBN 0743202481 9780743202480 [US]
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover First Edition Almost near fine. 1st printing of 1st edition, with complete/full number line. NOT ex-lib. Text clean; binding is tight and sturdy; corners sharp; unclipped DJ looks great. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. [Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover Fine condition Hardcover beige boards with red spine and gilt lettering. Includes Notes and Index, 545 pages. The DJ is in Near Fine condition. [Ojai, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
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Free Press 2001 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Size: 6x1x9; No culture, Fernández-Armesto writes, is inherently exempt from becoming civilized; nor, he adds, does civilized equate to good. In exploring history as a branch of historical ecology, he sometimes abandons his thesis, intriguing and provocative as it is, to engage in a wide-ranging survey of the world past reminiscent of (but much better-written than) Toynbee and Durant, touching on the ancient Greeks here, the herding peoples of the African savanna and Central Asia there, the Moundbuilders of prehistoric North America and the hunting peoples of the Arctic there. Unlike many standard textbooks, his narrative manages to offer something new wherever he turns.
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover No culture, Fernández-Armesto writes, is inherently exempt from becoming civilized; nor, he adds, does civilized equate to good. In exploring history as a branch of historical ecology, he sometimes abandons his thesis, intriguing and provocative as it is, to engage in a wide-ranging survey of the world past reminiscent of (but much better-written than) Toynbee and Durant, touching on the ancient Greeks here, the herding peoples of the African savanna and Central Asia there, the Moundbuilders of prehistoric North America and the hunting peoples of the Arctic there. Unlike many standard textbooks, his narrative manages to offer something new wherever he turns. [New Castle, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
New York: Free Press; Simon & Schuster, Date: 2001. xii, 545 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light edgewear. "Erudite, wide-ranging, a work of dazzling scholarship written with extraordinary flair, Civilizations redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization. To the author, Oxford historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, a society's relationship to climate, geography, and ecology are paramount in determining its degree of success. 'Unlike previous attempts to write the comparative history of civilizations,' he writes, 'it is arranged environment by environment, rather than period by period or society by society.' Thus, for example, tundra civilizations of Ice Age Europe are linked with those of the Inuit of the Pacific Northwest, the Mississippi Mound Builders with the deforesters of eleventh-century Europe. Civilizations brilliantly connects the world of ecologist, geologist, and geographer with the panorama of cultural history. / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a Professorial Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of the Modern History Faculty at Oxford University. He is the author of twelve books, including Millennium and Truth: A History." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 2001. Free Press; Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743202481 9780743202480 [US]
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press; Simon & Schuster, New York] Hardcover First Edition xii, 545 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light edgewear. "Erudite, wide-ranging, a work of dazzling scholarship written with extraordinary flair, Civilizations redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization. To the author, Oxford historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, a society's relationship to climate, geography, and ecology are paramount in determining its degree of success. 'Unlike previous attempts to write the comparative history of civilizations,' he writes, 'it is arranged environment by environment, rather than period by period or society by society.' Thus, for example, tundra civilizations of Ice Age Europe are linked with those of the Inuit of the Pacific Northwest, the Mississippi Mound Builders with the deforesters of eleventh-century Europe. Civilizations brilliantly connects the world of ecologist, geologist, and geographer with the panorama of cultural history. / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a Professorial Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of the Modern History Faculty at Oxford University. He is the author of twelve books, including Millennium and Truth: A History." - Publisher. Size: 8vo [Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: ...
Free Press, Date: 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 6x1x9. No culture, Fernández-Armesto writes, is inherently exempt from becoming civilized; nor, he adds, does civilized equate to good. In exploring history as a branch of historical ecology, he sometimes abandons his thesis, intriguing and provocative as it is, to engage in a wide-ranging survey of the world past reminiscent of (but much better-written than) Toynbee and Durant, touching on the ancient Greeks here, the herding peoples of the African savanna and Central Asia there, the Moundbuilders of prehistoric North America and the hunting peoples of the Arctic there. Unlike many standard textbooks, his narrative manages to offer something new wherever he turns. 2001. Free Press ISBN 0743202481 9780743202480 [US]
New York, New York, U. S. A.: Free Press, Date: 2001. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Minor Signs Of Use With No Chips, Tears Or Writing. 2001. Free Press ISBN 0743202481 9780743202480 [US]
ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press, New York, New York, U. S. A.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Minor Signs Of Use With No Chips, Tears Or Writing. [Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
Free Press, New York, Date: 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Argues that geographical, agricultural, and social factors shaped the civilizations which developed in various climatic regions, and explains how the success of civilizations depends on environmental resources. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 546 pages. -Photo available upon request. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0743202481. ISBN/EAN: 9780743202480. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5004. . 9780743202480 2001. Free Press ISBN 0743202481 9780743202480 [US]
Free Press, May Date: 2001. Hardcover. Good. Firm binding; occasional pencil marks/underlining to text; light general shelfwear to covers and jacket. 2001. Free Press ISBN 0743202481 9780743202480 [US]
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ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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ISBN10: 0743202481, ISBN13: 9780743202480, [publisher: Free Press] Hardcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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