Be fruitful and multiply how fertility and innovation have changed humankind and the earth / Donald Worster.
| Author/creator | Worster, Donald, 1941 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xi, 309 pages 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. Human nature -- Out of Africa -- The agrarian whip -- Humpty Dumpty and the fate of power -- The discovery of second earth -- Dreams of infinite wealth -- The good muck -- The empty cradle of hope -- Building the ecological civilization -- Epilogue. This fertile earth. |
| Abstract | "A groundbreaking history that explores how human desires have affected our relationship with the natural world, and why this is a cause for hope. Donald Worster looks back over 200,000 years of Homo sapiens sapiens to show how human nature, especially the drive for food and sex, has responded to environmental conditions throughout history."--Publisher's description |
| Abstract | "Examining how this process led from foraging to the agrarian revolution and then to a capitalist way of life, Worster brings us face to face with a third transformation of human society that is beginning to take shape in China: an ecological civilization. This meticulously researched book explores how human desires have driven us to overrun our environments, and how we have adapted by creating new relationships with the earth. Tying the past to the future and humans to the planet, Worster acknowledges that we are at a potentially dangerous tipping point. Yet he offers a surprisingly optimistic vision, full of faith in the strength of our human desires, to help us develop exciting futures in a changing world - as we have done time and again - and achieve a good life for the billions of us trying to survive on a finite planet." -- Adapted from publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025931743 |
| ISBN | 9780300278972 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0300278977 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |