Nature's Evil. Alexander Etkind

      1  Cover

      2  Series Title

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright Page

      5  Acknowledgements

      6  Introduction Notes

      7  Part 1 History of Matter Note

      8  1 Cry Fire Not slash, but burn Roman fires Ships Deforestation of Europe Notes

      9  2 Grain’s Way The bog civilisation The grain hypothesis Crop rotation Improvements and indolence Supplying the capitals War and potatoes Space and power Notes

      10  3 The Remains of Foreign Bodies Meat Vegetarianism Fish Fur Squirrel Sable Beaver The sea otter Notes

      11  4 Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice Salt Sugar Islands in the ocean Aftertaste Opium Colonies and calories Notes

      12  5 Fibres Silk Hemp and flax Hemp and the Oprichnina Hemp and Napoleon Wool and the Mesta Leviathan in sheep’s clothing Cotton Proto-industry The birth of the proletariat Uzbek cotton, Russian textiles Notes

      13  6 Metals Bronze Iron Fugger Luther America Alchemy Cameralism The Demidovs Notes

      14  Part 2 History of Ideas Notes

      15  7 Resources and Commodities Natura vastata