Wang Lihua, Faculty of History of Nankai University

Abstract:In recent years, there have been some new developments in the study of environmental history in China.: Firstly, there are many outstanding research outcomes and academic achievements on the topic of environment history. The second is to further explore the theme concerns of environmental history research and the construction of discipline system; Third, including social history, urban history, global history, economic history and other historical research fields, the trend of ecological turn is becoming more and more obvious and prominent; Fourth, regional environmental history continues to receive attention, and overall environmental history construction is also on the agenda. This issue of "Research on Theories and Methods of Environmental History" includes four special articles on environmental history by Professor Wang Lihua, School of History and Research Institute of Ecological Civilization, Nankai University; Professor Mei Xueqin, Department of History, Tsinghua University; Professor Zhou Qiong, Southwest Institute of Environmental History, Yunnan University; and Professor Teng Haijian, School of Economics and Research Center of Ecological Civilization and Sustainable Development, Liaoning University. Professor Wang Lihua's "The Metaphor of the Blind Man and the Elephant: A Brief Discussion on the Integrity of Environmental History" explores the troublesome problem of how to use multi-disciplinary methods and achieve the academic goal of "holistic history" in the research practice of environmental history. Professor Mei Xueqin's Ecological Productivity Standard: Innovation and Significance of Historical Evaluation Scale in Environmental History Studies discusses the transformation and innovation of historical evaluation scale from the perspective of environmental history. Professor Zhou Qiong's "Region and Whole: Fragmentation and Integrity of Environmental History Research" explores the dialectical relationship between fragmentation and integrity of environmental history research. Professor Teng Haijian's "On the Ecological Orientation of Economic History Research" discusses the connotation, trend, value and significance of the ecological orientation of economic history research. These four articles focus on the frontiers of environmental history research,

They put forward their original views, hoping to promote the study of environmental history can be inspired.

Read the article here:      “盲人摸象”的隐喻“——浅议论环境史的整体理论与方法研究.pdf