Pan's Travail Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks and Romans

By: J Donald Hughes(Author)

277 pages, no illustrations

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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ISBN: 9780801846557 Edition: 1 Hardback Dec 1994 Out of Print #44334

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The author examines the environmental history of the classical period and argues that the decline of ancient civilisations resulted in part from exploitation of the natural world. He offers a detailed look at the impact of humans and their technologies on the ecology of the Mediterranean basin.

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J. Donald Hughes is John Evans Distinguished Professor and a professor emeritus of history at the University of Denver. His books include The Mediterranean: An Environmental History, An Environmental History of the World: Humankind's Changing Role in the Community of Life, and What is Environmental History?

By: J Donald Hughes(Author)

277 pages, no illustrations

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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"A significant contribution to understanding the relationship between Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean Basin and its contemporary natural environment during the period from 800 B.C. to 600 A.D [...] Worthwhile and thought-provoking reading."
– Bryn Mawr, Classical Review

"This backward glance at glorious civilizations – now vanished, in part, because they neglected the long-term limits of their growth – should serve as an object lesson to those who argue that goodwill and technical ingenuity alone can sustain societies indefinitely."
– Sciences

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