| Record Number |
22359 |
| ISBN |
9781526622563 (Hardcover) |
| Location |
363.7 FRA |
| Author |
Frankopan, Peter, (author). |
| Title |
The Earth transformed : an untold history / Peter Frankopan. |
| Published |
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. |
| ©2023. |
| Collation |
xxv, 695 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| still image |
| cartographic image |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Summary Note |
"In 'The Earth transformed', Peter Frankopan, one of the world's leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a crucial, if not the defining, factor in global history – and not just of humankind. Volcanic eruptions, solar activities, atmospheric, oceanic and other shifts, as well as anthropogenic behaviour, are fundamental parts of the past and the present. In this magnificent and ground-breaking book, we learn about the origins of our species: about the development of religion and language and their relationships with the environment; about how the desire to centralise agricultural surplus formed the origins of the bureaucratic state; about how growing demands for harvests resulted in the increased shipment of enslaved peoples; about how efforts to understand and manipulate the weather have a long and deep history. All provide lessons of profound importance as we face a precarious future of rapid global warming." - Book jacket. |
| Awards Note |
The Times best history book of 2023. |
| A "Book of the Year Pick" for The Times, Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine, Guardian, Independent and Financial Times. |
| A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- History |
| Natural disasters -- History |
| Climatic changes -- History |
| Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History |
| Climatic changes |
| Human ecology |
| Natural disasters |
| Nature -- Effect of human beings on |
