What Is Environmental History? (06 Edition)

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. Students and scholars new to environmental history will find the book both an indispensable guide and a rich source of inspiration for future work.

J D Hughes is John Evans Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Denver, Colorado.

1. Defining Environmental History.

2. Forerunners of Environmental History.

3. The Birth and Growth of Environmental History in the United States.

4. Local, Regional, and National Environmental Histories.

5. Global Environmental History.

6. Issues and Directions in Environmental History.

7. Thoughts on Doing Environmental History.

Notes.

Select Bibliography.

Index.