What Is Environmental History?

Name: What Is Environmental History?
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ISBN: 9780745631899

ISBN-10: 0745631894

ISBN-13: 9780745631899

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: J. Donald Hughes

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What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a masterful overview of the thinkers, topics and perspectives that have come to constitute the exciting discipline that is environmental history. He does so on a global scale, drawing together disparate trends from a rich variety of countries into a unified whole, illuminating trends and key themes in the process. Those already familiar with the discipline will find themselves invited to think about the subject in a new way.…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 12/8/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English




Defining Environmental History


Introduction


The Themes of Environmental History


Among the Scholarly Disciplines


Environmental History and the Older History



Forerunners of Environmental History


Introduction


The Ancient World


Medieval and Early Modern Environmental Thought


The Early Twentieth Century



The Birth and Growth of Environmental History in the United States


Introduction


American History from Conservation to Environment


Strands of Environmental History in the United States


Collaborators with Environmental History



Local, Regional, and National Environmental Histories


Introduction


Canada


Europe


The Mediterranean


India, South and Southeast Asia


East Asia


Australasia and the Pacific Islands


Africa


Latin America


The Ancient World and the Middle Ages


Conclusion



Global Environmental History


Introduction


Books on World Environmental History


Topics of Global Importance


Environmental Movements


World History Texts


Conclusion



Issues and Directions in Environmental History


Introduction


Professionalism


Advocacy


Environmental Determinism


Presentism


Declensionist Narratives


Political-Economic Theory


The Next Issues


Conclusion



Thoughts on Doing Environmental History


Introduction


Guidance in Methodology


The Search for Sources


Resources


Conclusion: The Future of Environmental History


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index