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Of porpoises and plantations

机译:海豚和人工林

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Jared diamond likes his subjects big. His best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", was in some editions subtitled "A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years". This was no conventional history; rather, the author tried to explain the environmental factors behind the rise of various human civilisations. It was a terrific read and full of surprising subplots, such as why some animals can be domesticated and others cannot, and why agriculture spread to some societies but not others. Now Mr Diamond, a professor of geography at the University of California, attempts to tackle the opposite question, that is, why some societies collapse. Again, he focuses on long-term environmental factors rather than on short-term political ones. Since Mr Diamond is a restless traveller, a ravenous researcher and a sparky writer, the result is gripping.
机译:贾里德·戴蒙(Jared Diamond)非常喜欢他的科目。他最着名的著作《枪支,细菌和钢铁》在某些版本中的标题为“近13,000年人人的短暂历史”。这不是传统的历史;相反,作者试图解释各种人类文明兴起背后的环境因素。这是一本很棒的书,充满了令人惊讶的子图,例如为什么某些动物可以被驯养而其他动物不能被驯化,以及为什么农业传播到某些社会而不是其他社会。现在,加利福尼亚大学地理学教授戴蒙德先生试图解决相反的问题,即为什么有些社会崩溃了。同样,他关注的是长期环境因素,而不是短期的政治因素。由于戴蒙德先生是一个躁动不安的旅行者,是个狂妄的研究者,也是一位波光粼粼的作家,结果令人震惊。

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