World System and the Earth System

In this benchmark volume top scholars come together to present state-of-the-art research and pursue a more rigorous framework for understanding and studying the linkages between social and ecological systems. Contributors from a wide spectrum of disciplines including archaeology anthropology geography ecology palaeo-science geology sociology and history present and assess both the evolution of our thinking and current state-of-the-art theory and research. Covering ancient through modern periods they discuss the complex ways in which human culture economy and demographics interact with ecology and climate change. The World System and the Earth System is critical reading for all scholars and students working at the interface of nature and society.Contributors: Thomas Abel Björn Berglund Chris Chase-Dunn Alfred Crosby Carole L. Crumley John Dearing Bert de Vries Nina Eisenmenger Andre Gunder Frank Jonathan Friedman Stefan Giljum Thomas Hall Karin Holmgren Alf Hornborg Kristian Kristiansen Thomas Malm Daniel Mandell Betty Meggers George Modelski Emilio Moran Helena Öberg Frank Oldfield Susan Stonich William Thompson Peter Turchin.