- 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
Formats & editions
- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409000723
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
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
Independent on Sunday
Pioneering... a book good enough to rival the best American products in the field...Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success
TLS
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