Nature in the history of economic thought : how natural resources became an economic concept

From Antiquity to the Renaissance -- Mercantilism and natural resources -- Pre-classical enlightenment developments -- The physiocrats and the bread riots -- From Adam Smith to classical political economy -- John Stuart Mill and the idea of progress -- Managing nature in the enlightenment -- Ricardo and Malthus on the utilization of nature -- Jean-Baptiste Say and other contemporaries -- John Stuart Mill's attitude toward nature -- Epilogue: from socialism to modernity