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Global Life Systems : Population, Food, and Disease in the Process of Globalization - Robert P. Clark

Global Life Systems

Population, Food, and Disease in the Process of Globalization

By: Robert P. Clark

Paperback | 22 January 2001

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'Humans did not begin as a global species; we had to expand to become one. And we could not have done so without other living organisms becoming global along with us.' Robert P. Clark develops in this book a global life systems perspective that delineates how biological forces mutually reinforce one another—and what their globalization has meant for both human society and the biosphere. While he resists biological 'determinism,' Clark traces interconnected developments among population, disease, agriculture, trade, fuels, and other life systems to more thoroughly explore and elucidate the globalization of human endeavors within an ever evolving context of nature and environment. His lucid and richly documented book offers a fresh look at social evolution and a broader basis for understanding the contemporary context for global change.
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In this important new book, Robert Clark shows that globalization is not a process that began twenty or even five hundred years ago, but rather has roots that are to be found thousands of years back into the human past. Moreover, it has been not just an economic process but a biological and demographic one as well. Those who wish to understand the current process of globalization in its proper historical context will do well to read this book.--Stephen K. Sanderson, author of Social Transformations: A General Theory of Historical Development

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Non-FictionEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningThe EnvironmentSocial Impact of Environmental IssuesMedicineMedicine in GeneralHistory of MedicineSociology & AnthropologySociologyPopulation & DemographyScienceBiology, Life Sciences
Life Sciences in GeneralEvolutionEngineering & TechnologyAgriculture & FarmingSociety & CultureSocial Issues & ProcessesGlobalisationSocial TheorySocial GroupsSociology & Family & RelationshipsSociology & Sexual Relations

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