Summary Of "Update Of The Argentine Climate History" By Antonio Brailovsky - UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES - E-book - ePub

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author. UPDATE OF THE ARGENTINE CLIMATE HISTORYEvolution of knowledge in environmental historyAuthors such as Morello, Gligo, Alier, Brailovsky and Foguelman, stated that ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY SEEKS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE ANALYSIS OF NATURE AND HISTORY, emphasizing the changes that affect the environment. Given that the environment is the result of the nature-society relationship, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CANNOT BE ANALYZED ISOLATED FROM THE SOCIETY THAT PRODUCES THEM.
THE FIRST STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY was that of Fernand Braudel in 1953, about the Mediterranean Sea during the command of the Spanish King Felipe II (1556-1598). Until then, the story focused on some character or social processes. Thus, "by giving more importance to the territory than to political leaders, Braudel writes the history of peoples".