Comments on: Book review – Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World – and Us

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[…] than a continuous expansion. In the Amazon, people tended to what effectively could be called jungle gardens that Europeans did not even recognize for what they were, leading to the myth of jungles as […]

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[…] I would be curious, though, to know what Monbiot thinks of the archaeological evidence that tropical jungles were once home to thriving civilizations practising a form of agrarian-based, […]

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[…] most of the world’s coal reserves were laid down during the Carboniferous under circumstances that will never reoccur: after the evolution of the first trees but before the evolution of microbes and fungi capable of […]

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By: inquisitivebiologist

inquisitivebiologist — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:28:12 +0000

In reply to bormgans.

I know, I was also shocked at the price when I saw it at the time! Jungle is a good choice, and with 69 pages of references you get plenty of depth.

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By: bormgans

bormgans — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:21:36 +0000

In reply to inquisitivebiologist.

I checked, over 100 euros. Crazy. Not in line with a university´s mission, if I may say so. Regardless of cost, I think it´ll be Jungle, seems more broad too, I like a deep time approach.

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By: inquisitivebiologist

inquisitivebiologist — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:12:24 +0000

In reply to bormgans.

Thanks! Unless you don’t like the book venturing into political territory towards the end (some reviewers on goodreads didn’t like this) I would go for Jungle. The Oxford UP book is a lot more expensive. If you really want the academic lowdown though, the Oxford UP book would be the one to go for.

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By: bormgans

bormgans — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:05:18 +0000

You sell this well, thanks, I´m on the brink of ordering it. One more question though: if I should read just one of the two, which one would you pick?

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