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Gintis, Herb 86
Gladstone, William 237
Glaeser, Edward 190
Glasgow 315
glass 166, 174–5, 177, 259
glass fibre 303
Global Humanitarian Forum 337
global warming see climate change globalisation 290, 358
‘glorious revolution’ (1688) 223
GM (genetically modified) crops 28, 148, 151–6, 283, 358
goats 122, 126, 144, 145, 197, 320
Goethe, Johann von 104
Goklany, Indur 143–4, 341, 426
gold 165, 177, 303
golden eagles 239, 409
golden toads 338
Goldsmith, Edward 291
Google (corporation) 21, 100, 114, 259, 260, 268, 355
Gore, Al 233, 291
Goths 175
Gott, Richard 294
Gramme, Zénobe Théophile 233–4
Grantham, George 401
gravity, discovery of 258
Gray, John 285, 291
Great Barrier Reef 250
Greece: ancient 115, 128, 161, 170–71, 173–4; modern 186
greenhouse gases 152, 155, 242, 329; see also carbon dioxide emissions
Greenland: ice cap 125, 130, 313, 334, 339, 426; Inuits 61; Norse 380
Greenpeace 154, 155, 281, 385
Grottes des Pigeons, Morocco 53
Groves, Leslie 412
Growth is Good for the Poor (World Bank study) 317
guano 139–40, 302
Guatemala 209
Gujarat 162, 174
Gujaratis 89
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden 184
Gutenberg, Johann 184, 253
Guth, Werner 86
habeas corpus 358
Haber, Fritz 140, 412
Hadza people 61, 63, 87
Haiti 14, 301, 315
Halaf people 130
Hall, Charles Martin 24
Halley, Edmond 256
HANPP (human appropriation of net primary productivity) number 144–5
Hanseatic merchants 89, 179–80, 196
Hansen, James 426
hanta virus 307
happiness 25–8, 191
Harappa, Indus valley 161–2
Hardin, Garrett 203
harems 136
Hargreaves, James 227, 256
Harlem, Holland 215–16
Harper’s Weekly 23
Harvey, William 256
hay 214–15, 216, 239, 408–9
Hayek, Friedrich 5, 19, 38, 56, 250, 280, 355
heart disease 18, 156, 295
‘hedonic treadmill’ 27
height, average human 16, 18
Heller, Michael 265–6
Hellespont 128, 170
Henrich, Joe 77, 377
Henry II, King of England 118
Henry, Joseph 271, 272
Henry, William 221
Heraclitus 251
herbicides 145, 152, 153–4
herding 130–31
Hero of Alexandria 270
Herschel, Sir William 221
Hesiod 292
Hippel, Eric von 273
hippies 26, 110, 175
Hiroshima 283
Hitler, Adolf 16, 184, 296
Hittites 166, 167
HIV/AIDS 8, 14, 307–8, 310, 316, 319, 320, 322, 331, 353
Hiwi people 61
Hobbes, Thomas 96
Hock, Dee 254
Hohle Fels, Germany 70
Holdren, John 203, 207, 311
Holland: agriculture 153; golden age 185, 201, 215–16, 223; horticulture 42; industrialisation 215–16, 226; innovations 264; trade 31, 89, 104, 106, 185, 223, 328
Holy Roman Empire 178, 265–6
Homer 2, 102, 168
Homestead Act (1862) 323
homicide 14, 20, 85, 88, 106, 118, 201
Homo erectus 49, 68, 71, 373
Homo heidelbergensis 49, 50–52, 373
Homo sapiens, emergence of 52–3
Hong Kong 31, 83, 158, 169, 187, 219, 328
Hongwu, Chinese emperor 183
Hood, Leroy 222, 405
Hooke, Robert 256
horses 48, 68, 69, 129, 140, 197, 215, 282, 408–9; shoes and harnesses 176, 215
housing costs 20, 25, 34, 39–40, 234, 368
Hoxha, Enver 187
Hrdy, Sarah 88
Huber, Peter 244, 344
Hueper, Wilhelm 297
Huguenots 184
Huia (birds) 64
human sacrifice 104
Hume, David 96, 103, 104, 170
humour 2
Hunan 177
Hungary 222
Huns 175
hunter-gatherers: consumption and production patterns 29–30, 123; division of labour 61–5, 76, 136; famines 45, 139; limitations of band size 77; modern societies 66–7, 76, 77–8, 80, 87, 135–6, 136–7; nomadism 130; nostalgia for life of 43–5, 135, 137; permanent settlements 128; processing of food 29, 38, 61; technological regress 78–84; trade 72, 77–8, 81, 92–3, 123, 136–7; violence and warfare 27, 44–5, 136, 137
hunting 61–4, 68–70, 125–6, 130, 339
Huron Indians 138–9
hurricanes 329, 335, 337
Hurst, Blake 152
Hutterites 211
Huxley, Aldous 289, 354
hydroelectric power 236, 239, 343, 344, 409
hyenas 43, 50, 54
IBM (corporation) 260, 261, 282
Ibn Khaldun 182
ice ages 52, 127, 329, 335, 340, 388
ice caps 125, 130, 313, 314, 334, 338–9, 426
Iceland 324
Ichaboe island 140
‘idea-agora’ 262
imitation 4, 5, 6, 50, 77, 80
imperialism 104, 162, 164, 166, 172, 182, 319–20, 357; see also colonialism