伊恩·西蒙斯的全球环境史研究

A Study of Ian Simmons's Global Environmental History

全球环境史是环境史领域的一个重要分支。英国地理学家伊恩·西蒙斯对全球环境史的思考有着鲜明的跨学科特色。退休之后,西蒙斯对全球环境史的思考并未停止,反而更加深入——论文《世界尺度》和专著《全球环境史》都是他最新的研究成果。这些著述既体现了西蒙斯早年环境史研究中的大尺度(large scale)特点,又体现了他在开阔视野下进行理论思考与实证研究的新发展。

Global environmental history is an important branch of the area of environmental history. British geogra- pher Ian Simmons＇s global environmental history study has distinctive interdisciplinary features. Simmons did not stop studying global environmental history in retirement, and his latest research achievements, The World Scale and Global Environmental History： 10,000 BC：AD 2000,indicated that he went even further in this topic. Through care- ful analysis of these works, it is not difficult to find out that they showed the same feature of large scale as appeared in his early research. At the same time, these works also represented his new approach to combining theory and practice in a broader perspective.