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本文回顾了自1970年以来环境史的状况和演进。它虽主要集中于对专业历史学家的相关作品的评述,但由于其他一些学科的学者也在从事环境史的研究,因此间或也会讨论诸如考古学家、地理学家或其他学者的有关作品。本文对这一研究领域提出了一个初步定义,描述了它从19世纪70年代至2010年的起源、发展和制度化。本文简单研究了世界上一些地区的相关论著,并将研究重点主要集中于南亚和拉美这些环境史研究目前发展迅速并表现出茁壮生机的地区。本文思考了该研究领域美国历史学家(而不是普通的美国人)的突出地位,以及这种突出地位正逐渐削弱的情况。并回顾了环境史研究对历史学家的作用,引述了一些对环境史的批评,同时对近年来该领域一些重大发现进行了评论。
This paper reviews the status and evolution of environmental history since 1970. Although it mainly focuses on the review of related works by professional historians, related works such as archeologists, geographers and other scholars may also be discussed occasionally because scholars in other disciplines are also engaged in the study of environmental history . This paper presents a preliminary definition of this area of research, describing its origins, development and institutionalization from the 1970s to 2010. This essay briefly studies some related works in some parts of the world and focuses on the areas where environmental history studies in South Asia and Latin America are developing rapidly and showing great vitality. This article examines the prominent position of American historians (rather than ordinary Americans) in this field of study and the gradual erosion of this prominent position. Reviews the role of historians in environmental history studies, cites some criticisms of environmental history, and comments on some of the major discoveries in the field in recent years.