Im Strudel : Eine Umweltgeschichte der modernen Welt
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 91619189
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Campus
- ISBN
- 9783593513157
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book explores the environmental history of the modern world in its first diversity. At about 700 pages in length, it explores the perspectives of a broad range of stakeholders in all parts of the world, and it covers the full range of challenges that occurred at the intersection of humans and the natural world. It summarizes the work of environmental historians worldwide, with particular attention to the output of the last 20 years. The book also presents new type of non-linear history writing that matches the demands of the new millennium.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This book is an environmental history of the modern world. It covers the full range of environmental challenges and traces how they evolved over recent centuries. It shows how dealing with these challenges was entangled with key developments of modern history and thus provides a blueprint for a new history that resonates in a 21st century world.
