Global life systems : population, food, and disease in the process of globalization

Global life systems : population, food, and disease in the process of globalization / Robert P. Clark.

Author/creator	Clark, Robert P., 1940-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2000.
Description	ix, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Human ecology. Globalization. Population. Food supply. Diseases and history. Evolution (Biology) Social evolution.

Contents	Life systems and globalization -- Population -- Food -- Disease -- Agriculture comes to Europe -- The biology of the silk road -- The biological impact of Europeans on Eastern North America, 1600-1800 -- Feeding industrial cities -- Global food networks in the information age -- Emerging (and re-emerging ) infectious diseases -- The loss of biodiversity -- Where do we go from here? The biology of interplanetary and interstellar migration.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	00040300
ISBN	0742500748 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0742500756 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GF50 .C53 2000	✔ Available	Place Hold