What human history can teach us about how to avoid ecological catastrophe Once, the world was wild. By mapping the footprints left behind, however faint, we can start to walk towards a brighter and more ancient future. For thousands of years, humans have been the architects of the environment. Our activities leave an indelible mark on the places we inhabit - for good and for bad.Nature's Ghosts examines how the earth would have looked before humans scrubbed away its diversity, from the primeval forests that emerged following the last ice age, to the eagle-filled skies of the Dark Ages, to the flower-decked farms of more recent centuries.It uncovers the stories of the people who have helped to shape our landscapes through time, seeking out their footprints - even where it seems there are none to be found - and looking at how timeworn knowledge of the natural world can help us to mend our own relationship with the earth.And it recounts the environmental detective work - archaeological,
擴張、爆炸、加速理解人類史上最富創造力也最具破壞性的時代所有21世紀的問題，都可以從20世紀找到根源與解答！中央研究院歷史語言研究所助研究員 孔令偉——專文導讀政經動盪、科技進展、環境轉變……，現今人類面臨的問題，來自瘋狂加速、暴烈成長的20世紀上個世紀發生了什麼事？21世紀的我們要收穫或承擔哪些後果？以全新角度理解人類歷史上最不平凡的一段歲月，透過分析20世紀，連結現在與預測未來趨勢20世紀堪稱是人類歷史上充滿最多奇蹟和最富創造力的時代，但同時也是最具破壞性的。過去一百五十年來，全球各地的現代社會經歷了一場非比尋常、史無前例的轉型，而這股轉型的力量乃是植根於十九世紀的科技發展。《超級世紀》建立起一個框架，以此來理解那些真的在全球尺度上塑造世界的基本因素，並且分析歷史趨勢以及在當中運作的主要力量之成因和後果。本書從1870年代橫跨到今日，探討現代世界是如何被打造成一個全球發展的相聯模式。讀者將可從中習得如何將過去這兩個世紀理解為一過程，從一系列的政經動盪、科技進展以及環境轉變來看這漫長的20世紀是如何形塑出來的。媒體讚譽行文用字清楚，充滿洞察力，迪金森寫下的這部過去一百五十年的全球史，堪稱是一傑作。不論是初學者還是資深的史學家，都可在字裡行間找到充滿啟發性的觀點，尤其是在政治、經濟和環境史方面。——麥克尼爾（J. R. McNeill），《太陽底下的新鮮事：二十世紀的世界環境史》（Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-Century World）作者以全面性的敘述呈現重塑整個現代世界的強大力量。「擴張」、「爆炸」和「加速」的敘事弧線引人入勝，迪金森整理出大量史料來佐證科技、經濟和環境的變革性的力量，非常具有原創性。——伊恩．克里斯朵夫．弗萊徹（Ian Christopher Fletcher），《大英帝國女性參政權：公民權、民族與種族》（Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship, Nation, and Race）共同主編以一種真正的創新方法來探討全球史，為理解今日世界面臨的社會和生態挑戰奠定歷史基礎。以大規模移民、帝國主義、戰爭以及去殖民化來提供一個引人入勝的框架，用以探討這些對地球以及人類條件造成
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Now in an updated edition, this deeply informed and beautifully written book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of
Now in an updated edition, this deeply informed and beautifully written book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of
By studying the many ways diverse peoples have changed, shaped, and conserved the natural world over time, environmental historians provide insight into humanity's unique relationship with nature and,
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This book is the product of the 2nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from the five continents, addressing concerns raised by
This book is the product of the 2nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from the five continents, addressing concerns raised by
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The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past devel
The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past devel
