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1、AnEnvironmentalHistoryoftheWorldThissecondeditionofAnEnvironmentalHistoryoftheWorldcontinuestopresentaconcisehistory,fromancienttomoderntimes,oftheinteractionsbetweenhumansocietiesandthenaturalenvironment,includingtheotherformsoflifethatinhabitourplanet.Thro

2、ughouttheirevolutionaryhistory,humanshaveaffectedthenaturalenvironment,sometimeswithapromiseofsustainablebalance,butalsoinadestructivemanner.Thisbookinvestigatesthewaysinwhichenvironmentalchanges,oftentheresultofhumanactions,havecausedhistoricaltrendsinhuman

3、societies.Thisprocesshashappenedineveryhistoricalperiodandineverypartoftheinhabitedearth.Thebookisorganizedintotenchapters.Themainchaptersfollowachronologicalpaththroughthehistoryofhumankind,inrelationshiptoecosystemsaroundtheworld.Thefirstexplainswhatenviron

4、mentalhistoryis,andarguesforitsimportanceinunderstandingthepresentstateoftheworld’secologicalproblems.Chapters2through8formthecoreofthehistoricalanalysis,eachconcentratingonamajorperiodofhumanhistory(pre-civilized,earlycivilizations,classical,medieval,earlym

5、odern,earlyandlatertwentiethcentury,andcontemporary)thathasbeencharacterizedbylarge-scalechangesintherelationshipbetweenhumansocietiesandthebiosphere,andeachgivesseveralcasestudiesthatillustratesignifi-cantpatternsoccurringatthattime.Thechapterscoveringcontem

6、porarytimesdiscussthephysicalimpactsofthehugegrowthinpopulationandtechnology,andthehumanresponsestotheseproblems.Ourmoralobligationstonatureandhowwecanachieveasustainablebalancebetweentechnologyandtheenvironmentarealsoconsidered.Thisrevisedsecondeditiontakes

7、accountofnewresearchandcontainsnewsectionsonglobalwarming,theresponseofNewOrleanstothehurricanesKatrinaandRita,andtheexperienceoftheDutchpeopleinprotectingtheirlow-lyinglandsagainsttheencroachmentsofrivers,lakes,andtheNorthSea.NewmaterialisalsoofferedonthePa

8、cificIslands,includingthefamouscaseofEasterIsland.Thisisanoriginalworkthatreachesfurtherthanotherenvironmentalhistories.Ratherthanlookingathumansandtheenvironmentasseparateentities,thisbookplaces