内容简介
Since1492,whenColumbus'discovered'America,theworldhasbeenmovingtowardanincreasinglyintegratedglobaleconomy,higherpopulationlevelsandconsequentlygreaterresourcedemands,andanincreasinglyprecariousstateofthebiosphere.Thesedevelopmentsplayamajorpartinbothmodernhistoryandindailylife.UnderstandingtheirinterrelationshipsanddevelopmentiscrucialtothefutureofhumanityandoftheEarth,andistheunifyingthemeofthiscollectionofreadings.