The Earth Transformed
An Untold History
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Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af The Earth Transformed An Untold History af Professor Peter Frankopan
Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan shows that engagement with the natural world and with climatic change and their effects on us are not new: exploring, for instance, how the development of religion and language and their relationships with the environment; tracing how growing demands for harvests resulted in the increased shipment of enslaved peoples; scrutinising how the desire to centralise agricultural surplus formed the origins of the bureaucratic state; and seeing how efforts to understand and manipulate the weather have a long and deep history. Understanding how past shifts in natural patterns have shaped history, and how our own species has shaped terrestrial, marine and atmospheric conditions is not just important but essential at a time of growing awareness of the severity of the climate crisis. Taking us from the beginning of recorded history to the present day, The Earth Transformed forces us to reckon with humankind’s continuing efforts to make sense of the natural world.
Detaljer
Forlag
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN
9781526622563
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
736
Udgivelsesdato
02-03-2023
Format
Hardback
Varenr.
3095395
EAN nr.
9781526622563
Varegruppe
History & military
Højde/Dybde (mm)
160
Bredde (mm)
240
Længde (mm)
60
Vægt (g)
1260
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