J•唐納德•休斯(J. Donald Hughes)是美國丹佛大學約翰•埃文斯傑齣曆史學教授,著有《什麼是環境史》、《地中海地區環境史》,以及《潘恩的勞苦:古代希臘人和羅馬人的環境問題》。同時他還是美國環境史學會和歐洲環境史學會的創始會員,曾任《環境史》雜誌編輯。
This second edition of "An Environmental History of the World" continues to present a concise history, from ancient to modern times, of the interactions between human societies and the natural environment, including the other forms of life that inhabit our planet. Throughout their evolutionary history, humans have affected the natural environment, sometimes with a promise of sustainable balance, but also in a destructive manner. This book investigates the ways in which environmental changes, often the result of human actions, have caused historical trends in human societies. This process has happened in every historical period and in every part of the inhabited earth. The book is organized into ten chapters. The main chapters follow a chronological path through the history of mankind, in relationship to ecosystems around the world. The first explains what environmental history is, and argues for its importance in understanding the present state of the world's ecological problems. Chapters two through eight form the core of the historical analysis, each concentrating on a major period of human history (pre-civilized, early civilizations, classical, medieval, early modern, early and later twentieth century, and contemporary) that has been characterized by large-scale changes in the relationship between human societies and the biosphere, and each gives several case studies that illustrate significant patterns occurring at that time. The chapters covering contemporary times discuss the physical impacts of the huge growth in population and technology, and the human responses to these problems. Our moral obligations to nature and how we can achieve a sustainable balance between technology and the environment are also considered. This revised second edition takes account of new research and the course of history containing new sections on global warming, the response of New Orleans to the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the experience of the Dutch people in protecting their low-lying lands against the encroachments of rivers, lakes, and the North Sea. New material is also offered on the Pacific Islands, including the famous case of Easter Island. This is an original work that reaches further than other environmental histories. Rather than looking at humans and the environment as separate entities, this book places humans within the community of life. The relationship between environmental thought and actions, and their evolution, is discussed throughout. Little environmental or historical knowledge is assumed from the reader in this introduction to environmental history. We cannot reach a useful understanding of modern environmental problems without the aid of perspective provided by environmental history, with its illustrations of the ways in which past decisions helped or hindered the interaction between nature and culture. This book will be influential and timely to all interested in or researching the world in which we live.
發表於2024-11-22
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人類所有的努力,都需要一個前提,就是要考慮是否符閤與自然和諧共處的法則。人類不能隻考慮自身的利益,而是要考慮如何對整個生命係統有益,因為我們是這個係統的一部分,我們個人和團體的幸福和滿足感都建立在這個係統之上。我們的群落,從最深層的意義上講,是生物群落。
評分曆史就是一連串變化的集閤。如果人類及其周邊環境總是一成不變,或者隻是簡單地重復著成長、衰退的單一循環,那麼世界上就不會有曆史值得去寫或者值得去讀。然而,幸運或者說不幸的是,在人類社會、自然界以及兩者的關係中,改變都是一種必然。有時,這種變化會以自然災難的形...
評分曆史就是一連串變化的集閤。如果人類及其周邊環境總是一成不變,或者隻是簡單地重復著成長、衰退的單一循環,那麼世界上就不會有曆史值得去寫或者值得去讀。然而,幸運或者說不幸的是,在人類社會、自然界以及兩者的關係中,改變都是一種必然。有時,這種變化會以自然災難的形...
評分曆史就是一連串變化的集閤。如果人類及其周邊環境總是一成不變,或者隻是簡單地重復著成長、衰退的單一循環,那麼世界上就不會有曆史值得去寫或者值得去讀。然而,幸運或者說不幸的是,在人類社會、自然界以及兩者的關係中,改變都是一種必然。有時,這種變化會以自然災難的形...
評分曆史就是一連串變化的集閤。如果人類及其周邊環境總是一成不變,或者隻是簡單地重復著成長、衰退的單一循環,那麼世界上就不會有曆史值得去寫或者值得去讀。然而,幸運或者說不幸的是,在人類社會、自然界以及兩者的關係中,改變都是一種必然。有時,這種變化會以自然災難的形...
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An Environmental History of the World 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載