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from G. Agricola, De re metallica (1556)
The programme Ecology, Economy and Society 1500-2000 brings together several strands of research into environmental and economic history that have been supported by the Centre for History and Economics since 1999.
The project currently embraces four areas of research, comprising the energy history of Europe, 1500-2000; ‘soap and ashes’, a study of the early modern chemical industry and international ash trade, and their ecological impact; ‘Expertise for the future’, a collaborative study of the global history of environmental prediction and its economic and political impact since 1600; and ‘The invention of sustainability’, examining the history of ideas about durability and economic and environmental risk..
Details of the workshops and conferences over the period of the programme, which will continue until 2010, are also available.
