中国环境史研究:伊懋可教授访谈

本文是对伊懋可教授就海内外中国环境史研究的访谈。主要话题有 :环境史与历史地理学的异同 ,外国学者对中国环境史的研究以及中外环境史研究的区别 ,如何理解“三千年的不可持续增长”和“高度平衡陷阱”论断 ,如何评价彭慕兰的《大分岔》,预测中国环境史研究的新方向。

Survey of Chinese Environmental Historiography:An Interview with Prof.Mark Elvin

This Paper is an interview on Chinese environmental historiography with leading environmental historian,Prof. Mark Elvin. The Topics include: commonality and contrast between environmental history and historical geography;introduction of Chinese environmental history by non-chinese scholars;the differences in Chinese environmental history by Chinese scholars and non-Chinese scholars; how to understand his two well-known arguments: "three thousand years of unsustainable growth" and "the high-level equilibrium trap";the review on the book by Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz The Great Divergence: Europe,China,and the Making of the Modern World Economy,some new trends in Chinese environmental history studies.