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General Introduction Richard Huggett and Mike Robinson The ContributorsPart I: A Differentiated World Introduction Richard Huggett and Mike Robinson1. Planet Earth Cliff D. Ollier 2. The ever-changing climate Andrew Gouldie3. The biosphere Alfred G. Fischer 4. Human Evolution Bernard Wood 5. Themodification of the earth by humans in pre-industrial times Ian G. Simmons6. The geography of language William C. Brice 7. Religion: nature and originsE. Geoffrey Parrinder Part II: A World Transformed: The Growth of a GlobalEconomy Introduction Richard Huggett and Mike Robinson 8. The origins of thecapitalist world economy John Langton 9. European settlement, 1450-1750 LenGeulke and Jeanne Kay 10. Changes in global demography John I. Clarke 11.European expansion and global land cover transformation Michael Williams 12.Environmentalism and the concern for environmental issues before 1945 Jim M.Powell 13. The saviour city: beneficial effects of urbanization in Englandand Wales Brian T. Robson 14. Industrialization and world agriculture BrianW. Ilbery and Ian R. Bowler 15. From a "cultural" world to a "political" onePaul Claval Part III: The Global Scale of Habitat Modification IntroductionRichard Huggett and Mike Robinson 16. Monitoring, modelling and mothering theenvironment: the impact of science and technology since the Second World WarRichard Huggett 17. The impact of the aftermath of the Second World War DavidW. Shimwell 18. Unity and division in global political geography PeterTaylor 19. The rise of the economic blocs Peter Dicken 20. Third Worldurbanisation Alan Gilbert 21. From riches to rags: the international debtcrisis Stuart Corbridge 22. The geography of conflicts and the prospects forpeace John O'Loughlin 23. Environmentalism on the move Timothy O'RiordanPart IV: A World of Questions Introduction Richard Huggett and Mike Robinson24. Climatic variation and global change F. Kenneth Hare 25. Ocean uses,environment and management Alistair D. Couper 26. Surface instability andhuman modification in geomorphic systems Jonathan D. Phillips and William H.Renwick 27. The tropical rain forest John R. Fletchley 28. The impact ofhuman activity on the oceans Ian G. Simmons 29. The sustainability ofsustenance: land and agricultural production in the Third World William C.Clarke 30. Water: confronting the critical dilemma Peter Crabb 31. Faminesand surplus in world food production David Grigg 32. Environmental hazardsJohn Whittow 33. The nature of Third World cities David W. Smith 34. Westerncities and their problems David T. Herbert 35. Changing countrysides HughClout 36. The q