What is Environmental History?

What is Environmental History? Book Description Environmental history, which advocates the idea that not only humans but also all living and non-living beings in the natural environment and the interaction between these beings, has a history that needs to be written, is one of the most innovative and comprehensive modes of interpretation and explanation brought to human and social science research. This field, which places special emphasis on the impact of humans on the environment and the environment on humans, has a revolutionary quality that will add to traditional forms of historiography such as political, military, social, economic and cultural history and enable us to rethink them. Although it has pioneers dating back to ancient times, this new style of historiography, which has been practiced in different geographies of the world from the USA to Russia, from Brazil to India, as a discipline with a specific scope and objectives since the 1960s, has become known and applied in our country. The book in your hand is What is Environmental History?, which is a guide for students and researchers interested in environmental history. It is a translation of the work titled 2nd edition (Cambridge: Polity, 2016). This work, written by J. Donald Hughes, one of the pioneering and productive names in the field, quickly became a reference book with its comprehensive perspective and the way it deals with the subjects. While Hughes provides guidance on which concepts we should use to make historical studies, he also competently shows which environmental history sources we should look at in this short introduction book. For my part, I am sure that anyone who picks up this book and looks through it will want to have one for their own private library. This book will be useful for all undergraduate and graduate history students, as well as anyone interested in history, amateur or professional. (From the Promotional Bulletin)