The Recurring Dark Ages

In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages. In this, his second of a three-volume series concerning world ecological degradation, Chew reviews the past 5,000-year history of structural conditions and processes that define the relationship between nature and culture. Chew's message about the coming Dark Ages, as human communities continue to reorganize to meet the contingencies of ecological scarcity and climate changes, is a must-read for those concerned with human interactions and environmental changes, including environmental anthropologists and historians, world historians, geographers, archaeologists, and environmental scientists.

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By Sing C. Chew

Contenu

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 I.The Dark Ages over World History
Chapter 3 1 System Crisis
Chapter 4 II.The Crisis of the Bronze Age
Chapter 5 2 Nature and Culture
Chapter 6 3 Ecological Crisis and System Transformation
Chapter 7 III.The Crisis of Antiquity
Chapter 8 4 Intensification of Natural and Social Systems Relations
Chapter 9 5 A Period of Darkness
Chapter 10 IV. System Transformation
Chapter 11 6 From the Past to the Future: Whither System Transformation?
Chapter 13 Appendix 1: Arboreal Pollen Influxes
Chapter 14 Appendix 2: Plantago Pollen Influxes
Chapter 15 Appendix 3: Arboreal and NonArboreal Pollen Influxes Percentages