A Companion to Global Environmental History - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1444335340 ISBN 13 : 9781444335347

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

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Revue de presse :

This broad–ranging and ambitious book, edited by J.R. McNeill and Erin Stewart Mauldin, sees the welcome convergence of two fertile historiographical trends of the past several decades: globalism and environmentalism. . . Nevertheless, the editors have produced a volume of a consistently high standard, with all the essays of good quality.   (English Historical Review, 1 August 2014)

In 28 chapters, the book provides a broad introduction that is aimed at historians with an interest in striking topics and issues as well as at environmental history researchers wishing to widen or deepen their knowledge.   (H–Soz–u–Kult, June 2014)

"There is much in this book that will be of interest to environmentalists, geographers and politicians, and the general public. Environmental historians should find this a useful overview of their topic."  (Reference Reviews, Vol. 28 no. 1, 2014) 

"Those whose interest is world environmental history will find this book a pleasure to read from cover to cover, and the bibliographies are current and extensive."  (Choice, September 2013)

Quatrième de couverture :

A Companion to Global Environmental History orients readers to this dynamic, fast–growing field and provides an essential reference to current issues and controversies within the research arena. Bringing together environmental historians from around the world, the Companion surveys past developments in scholarship, current contours of the field, and possible approaches for the future.

Four themed sections encompass temporal, geographic, and thematic approaches from prehistory to the present day, offering multiple points of entry into the substance and historiography of global environmental history. Chapters explore environmental processes, thought, and action across time and place to give readers a historical, cultural, and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times. The Companion is a road map, not only for scholars and students who are coming to environmental history for the first time, but also for professional historians and specialists looking for comparative perspectives.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1444335340
• ISBN 13: 9781444335347
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 568
• Éditeur: McNeill J. R., Stewart Mauldin Erin