环境史研究的社会史取向--关于“社会环境史”的思考

20世纪后期至21世纪初,随着全球生态环境问题的凸显,生态环境史研究日渐成为国际史坛之大宗。在我国,由于人与自然和谐的理念不断推展,环境史研究亦颇呈显学之势,成果颇丰,允为新的学术增长点。本刊向来支持、倡导环境史研究,以借鉴历史经验,推进跨学科研究,增进对人与自然关系之认识,用学术的方式促进人类之可持续发展。目前,我国的环境史研究正处于向纵深发展的关键时期。为此,本刊刊发一组笔谈,以供读者参考。

With the emergence of global biological and environmental issues in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries,ecological environmental history has become widely recognized as a staple of international historical research.In China,thanks to the growing awareness in recent years of the idea of harmony between man and nature,environmental history has also seen rapid development as a pre-eminent branch of learning,and its numerous achievements have made it a new growth point.Our journal has always supported and initiated research on environmental history,so that we can learn from historical experience,promote inter-disciplinary studies,deepen our understanding of the relationship between man and nature,and promote sustainable development of humanity through academic means.At present,Chinese research on environmental history stands at a critical juncture in its development.Our era is crying out for the emergence of masters and masterpieces.With this in view,we set out to organize the forum of March 2009,in the hope of further advancing such studies.We believe that Chinese scholars will produce works that provide strategic and integrated insights and provide both high academic standards and realistic practical significance,thus making a contribution to our era and to humanity.