Mankind And Mother Earth
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
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A sweeping work of historical scholarship, Mankind and Mother Earth presents Arnold Toynbee's final and most ambitious synthesis of world history, tracing the story of human civilization from its prehistoric origins to the modern era of nuclear-age anxiety. Written in the last years of his life, the narrative chronicles humanity's evolving relationship with the biosphere, arguing that civilizations rise and fall in direct proportion to how wisely or recklessly they manage the natural world that sustains them. Toynbee's tone is at once magisterial and urgent, drawing on his encyclopedic command of cultures across every continent to illustrate recurring patterns of ecological exploitation and societal collapse. The work stands as both a grand retrospective and a pointed warning, urging readers to recognize that the fate of human civilization is inseparable from the health of the planet itself.
Author: Toynbee
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, BCA
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of historical scholarship, Mankind and Mother Earth presents Arnold Toynbee's final and most ambitious synthesis of world history, tracing the story of human civilization from its prehistoric origins to the modern era of nuclear-age anxiety. Written in the last years of his life, the narrative chronicles humanity's evolving relationship with the biosphere, arguing that civilizations rise and fall in direct proportion to how wisely or recklessly they manage the natural world that sustains them. Toynbee's tone is at once magisterial and urgent, drawing on his encyclopedic command of cultures across every continent to illustrate recurring patterns of ecological exploitation and societal collapse. The work stands as both a grand retrospective and a pointed warning, urging readers to recognize that the fate of human civilization is inseparable from the health of the planet itself.