An accessible and comprehensive history of discoveries and outlooks that culminated in the modern discipline of environmental studies.

In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time t

Traces the history and development of geology, geography, ecology, evolutionary theory, and other disciplines from the ancient and medieval worlds to the presen

For the past 4 billion years, the chemistry of the Earth's surface, where all life exists, has changed remarkably. Historically, these changes have occurred slo