The Earth Transformed - An Untold History (Paperback)

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, 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 Big Bang to the present day, The Earth Transformed forces us to reckon with humankind's continuing efforts to make sense of the natural world.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Peter Frankopan
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 55mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	704
ISBN-13:	978-1-5266-2257-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > History > General
LSN:	1-5266-2257-2
Barcode:	9781526622570

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