Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of observing, describing, and explaining the world. In the historical disciplines, a fruitful approach has been to use natural experiments or the comparative method. This book consists of eight comparative studies drawn from history, archeology, economics, economic history, geography, and political science. The studies cover a spectrum of approaches, ranging from a non-quantitative narrative style in the early chapters to quantitative statistical analyses in the later chapters. The studies range from a simple two-way comparison of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, to comparisons of 81 Pacific islands and 233 areas of India. The societies discussed are contemporary ones, literate societies of recent centuries, and non-literate past societies. Geographically, they include the United States, Mexico, Brazil, western Europe, tropical Africa, India, Siberia, Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands. In an Afterword, the editors discuss how to cope with methodological problems common to these and other natural experiments of history.
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比較失望，也許是領域的不同或是期望太高，未覺有很大的啓發
评分作為地理相關專業研究生，雖然這書編者之一是Diamond，並未看齣非常像地理學，跟鄙係研究地理的老師幾乎沒有相似度。。。但是想法挺有意思，不後悔讀。另外，上周偶然看瞭Davide Cantoni的一篇Weber Hypothesis，此書中竟看見他閤寫的紙，雖是外行，想必當學生時就很有想法
评分作為地理相關專業研究生，雖然這書編者之一是Diamond，並未看齣非常像地理學，跟鄙係研究地理的老師幾乎沒有相似度。。。但是想法挺有意思，不後悔讀。另外，上周偶然看瞭Davide Cantoni的一篇Weber Hypothesis，此書中竟看見他閤寫的紙，雖是外行，想必當學生時就很有想法
评分此書的日文版已經齣版瞭，頗受好評。不過福元健太郎評論說，大部分的內容在我看來，都是相當不怎麼樣的Natural Experiment的研究。嘛，暢銷書的話。。。。
评分此書的日文版已經齣版瞭，頗受好評。不過福元健太郎評論說，大部分的內容在我看來，都是相當不怎麼樣的Natural Experiment的研究。嘛，暢銷書的話。。。。
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