1: Anthropological foundations -- Human evolution, diffusion, and culture -- Foragers -- Domestication -- The diffusion and early development of agriculture -- The emergence of civilization -- 2: Historical developments -- China -- India -- A technological civilization -- Globalization -- 3: Livelihoods today -- Resource production -- Manufacturing -- Services -- Transportation and communication -- 4: Social and environmental consequences -- Romantic responses -- Political reactions -- Conservation, natural resources, and population -- Pollution, biodiversity, and climate change -- 5: Reading landscapes -- American cities -- Rural America -- Cities abroad -- Countryside abroad.