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Pollution and the environment in ancient life and thought /
Was there any awareness of environmental problems among intellectuals and politicians of the ancient world? Did they even have notions of 'pollution', 'exploitation', and 'depletion' of natural resources? And what forms did human action take for the protection of the en...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Stuttgart :
Franz Steiner Verlag,
[2017].
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| Colección: | Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)
Geographica historica ; Bd 36. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Was there any awareness of environmental problems among intellectuals and politicians of the ancient world? Did they even have notions of 'pollution', 'exploitation', and 'depletion' of natural resources? And what forms did human action take for the protection of the environment? The authors - from the fields of Ancient History, Classical Archeology, Ancient Laws, and History of Medicine - focus on the environmental and ecological awareness in the ancient world, both in material evidence of daily life and in the intellectual thought. They analyse if there was a common awareness of environmental and ecological questions, or if there were only a few and isolated measures aimed at the interest of special social groups and at specific political goals. They discuss to which extent the ancient evidence can be used to identify the roots of modern environmental sensitivity. |
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| Notas: | Papers presented as part of a research project and conference held in Berlin on October 16-18, 2014. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783515116701 3515116702 |
| ISSN: | 1381-0472 ; |