Population, technology, and the human environment: A thread through time

Daedalus

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 43-71

  Kates, Robert W ^a,b  

^a Brown University ^*

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY; POPULATION GROWTH; TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, EARLY MODERN 1451-1600; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY, MODERN 1601-; POPULATION GROWTH; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0029682102     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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