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A kaleidoscopic rethinking of how we come to know the earth.
 This book brings the history of the geosciences and world
cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese,
Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the
earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have
different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed
modern environmental sciences? How have different world traditions
understood human and geological origins? How does the inclusion of
multiple cosmologies change the meaning of the Anthropocene and the
global climate crisis? By carefully examining these questions, New
Earth Histories sets an ambitious agenda for how we think about the
earth. Â The chapters consider debates about the age and
structure of the earth, how humans and earth systems interact, and
how empire has been conceived in multiple traditions. The methods
the authors deploy are diverse—from cultural history and visual
and material studies to ethnography, geography, and Indigenous
studies—and the effect is to highlight how earth knowledge
emerged from historically specific situations. New Earth Histories
provides both a framework for studying science at a global scale
and fascinating examples to educate as well as inspire future work.
Essential reading for students and scholars of earth science
history, environmental humanities, history of science and religion,
and science and empire.
A kaleidoscopic rethinking of how we come to know the earth.
 This book brings the history of the geosciences and world
cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese,
Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the
earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have
different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed
modern environmental sciences? How have different world traditions
understood human and geological origins? How does the inclusion of
multiple cosmologies change the meaning of the Anthropocene and the
global climate crisis? By carefully examining these questions, New
Earth Histories sets an ambitious agenda for how we think about the
earth. Â The chapters consider debates about the age and
structure of the earth, how humans and earth systems interact, and
how empire has been conceived in multiple traditions. The methods
the authors deploy are diverse—from cultural history and visual
and material studies to ethnography, geography, and Indigenous
studies—and the effect is to highlight how earth knowledge
emerged from historically specific situations. New Earth Histories
provides both a framework for studying science at a global scale
and fascinating examples to educate as well as inspire future work.
Essential reading for students and scholars of earth science
history, environmental humanities, history of science and religion,
and science and empire.
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