John Robert McNeill, Something new under the Sun. An environmental history of the 20th century world, New York, Norton, 2000, XVII-421 pp.

Indice:

Foreword by Paul Kennedy
Preface
Prologue: Peculiarities of a prodigal century
The Lithosphere and Pedosphere: the crust of the earth
The Atmosphere: Urban history
The hydrosphere: the history of water use and water pollution
The hydrosphere: Depletions, Dams and Diversions
The Biosphere: Eat and Be eaten
The Biosphere: Forests, Fish, and Invasions
More people, bigger cities
Fuels, tools and economics
Ideas and politics
Epilogue: So what?

Alcune pagine on-line: http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring01/somethingex.htm

Le recensioni negli Stati Uniti:

- D. Christian, «Journal of world history», 2/2001
- J. Soluri, «Journal of social history», 1/2002
- D. Massell, «Journal of American history», 4/2002
- I. Simmons, «Environmental history», 2/2003
- T. Steinberg, «American historical review», 3/2002