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Published in: Society 5/2023

17-08-2023 | BOOK REVIEW

Peter Frankopan, The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Bloomsbury, 2023, 736 pp., ISBN: 978-1526622563

Author: Joseph Brady

Published in: Society | Issue 5/2023

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Peter Frankopan, the author of this very substantial text, sets the bar very high for his global history. Not only will this be a study of the transformation of the earth, it will be “an untold history.” This will be done by achieving three aims, which are set out in the introduction. The first is to reinsert climate into the story of the past and show the kinds of impacts it has had. The second is to analyze how our species has transformed the planet and the final aim is to widen our lens to encompass more of the world away from the Global North. …
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Metadata
Title
Peter Frankopan, The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
Bloomsbury, 2023, 736 pp., ISBN: 978-1526622563
Author
Joseph Brady
Publication date
17-08-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 5/2023
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-023-00890-5

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