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Foreword; Preface; 1. The great transformation; Part I. Changes inPopulation and Society: 2. Long-term population change; 3. Population; 4.Technological change; 5. Institutions, organizations and cultural values; 6.The increasing separation of production and consumption; 7. Urbanization; 8.Awareness of human impacts: changing attitudes and emphases; Part II.Transformations of the Global Environment: Long-term perspective; 9.Long-term environmental change; Land; 10. Land transformation; 11. Forests;12. Soils; 13. Sediment transfer and siltation; Water; 14. Use andtransformation of terrestrial water systems; 15. Water quality and flows; 16.The coastal zone; Oceans and Atmosphere; 17. Atmospheric trace constituents;18. Marine environment; 19. Climate; Biota; 20. Terrestrial fauna; 21. Marinebiota; 22. Flora; Chemicals and Radiation; 23. Carbon; 24. Sulphur; 25.Nitrogen and phosphorus; 26. Trace pollutants; 27. The ionizing radiations;Part III. Regional Studies of Transformation: Long-term perspective; 28.Huang-Huai-Hai plain; Tropical frontiers; 29. Amazonia; 30. Borneo and Malaypeninsular; Highlands; 31. Caucasia; 32. East Africa Highlands; Plains; 33.The Russian plain; 34. The United States great plains; Populous South; 35.The basin of Mexico; 36. Nigeria; Populous North; 37. Sweden; 38.Hudson-Raritan Basin; 39. Switzerland; Part IV. UnderstandingTransformations: 40. The realm of meaning; 41. The realm of social relations:towards an integrative theory; 42. The realm of cultural ecology: adaptationand change in historical perspective; Postscript.