By adopting the ecological process as their major theme, the contributors of this volume show how the process of human interaction with the natural environment unfolded in the past, and offer perspective on the ecological crises in our world at the beginning of the 21st century.

Chapter 1 Introduction, J. Donald Hughes; Chapter 2 Biodiversity in World History, J. Donald Hughes; Chapter 3 Equity, Eco-Racism, and the Environmental Justice Movement, Martin V. Melosi; Chapter 4 Of Rats and Men, John R. McNeill; Chapter 5 Land and Agriculture in Australia, Helen Wheatley; Chapter 6 Toward Eco-Revival?, Valery J. Cholakov; Chapter 7 The Greening of Gandhi, Diane M. Jones;