About this title: A study of world civilizations, from Sumeria to Ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire of pre-Columbian North America and tiny Easter Island, that argues that over and over again, human beings have built societies that have grown and prospered by exploiting the Earth's resources, only to expand to the point where those resources could no longer sustain the societies' populations, and subsequently collapse. In this context, the collapse of Rome has vital importance for our modern global civilization. Destructive environmental behaviour today takes place on a scale much greater than in previous ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140176605ISBN:0140176608
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1993-04-01
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140176605ISBN:0140176608
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1993
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: SINCLAIR-STEVENSON LTD
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781856190503ISBN:1856190501
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140176605ISBN:0140176608
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
Date Published: 13/05/1991
ISBN-13:9781856190503ISBN:1856190501
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