The problem of the problem of environmental history: A re-reading of the field and its purpose

Sörlin, Sverker and Warde, Paul (2007) The problem of the problem of environmental history: A re-reading of the field and its purpose. Environmental History, 12 (1). pp. 107-130. ISSN 1930-8892

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Abstract

This essay argues that environmental history has not engaged as fully with social and political theory as it might, and that once it does, environmental historians will find that their concerns are, potentially, much closer to the mainstream of thought in the social sciences and humanities than they might have expected. In fact, environmental history has the promise to be central to the most influential social thought in the academy and among policy makers. The field also needs to consider the roles of knowledge and science, or “knowledge regimes,”• in translating scientific “facts” into politically realizable decisions.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:57
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9415
DOI:	10.1093/envhis/12.1.107

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