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Books & Profiles
Roundtable Review of Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
Roundtable Review of Mosquito Empires by John R. McNeill
Mosquito Empires, spanning nearly three centuries and the histories of many peoples, nations, and empires in the American tropical world, places considerable responsibility upon mosquitoes for the course of events in this region.
Industrialized Nature: Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural World
For nearly a century, we have relied increasingly on science and technology to harness natural forces, but at what environmental and social cost?
Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement
This book links the environmental movement that emerged in the United States during the 1960s to earlier progressive movements and considers the importance of race, ethnicity, class, and gender issues for the history and evolution of environmentalism.
The Third Dimension: A Comparative History of Mountains in the Modern Era
This book considers the variegated world of mountains and their development during the last five hundred years.
A Rugged Nation: Mountains and the Making of Modern Italy
The nationalization of Italian mountains has been a story of military conquest and resistance, ecological and social transformation, expropriating resources and imposing meanings…
Conservation Song: A History of Peasant-State Relations and the Environment in Malawi, 1860–2000
Conservation Song explores ways in which colonial relations shaped meanings and conflicts over environmental control and management in Malawi. By focusing on soil conservation, which required an integrated approach to the use and management of such natural resources as land, water, and forestry, it examines the origins and effects of policies and their legacies in the post-colonial era.
Thinking Through the Environment: Green Approaches to Global History
A collection offering global perspectives on the intersections of mind and environment across a variety of discourses—from history and politics to the visual arts and architecture.
Environmental and Social Justice in the City: Historical Perspectives
The world is full of environmental injustices and inequalities; yet few European historians have tackled these subjects head on, nor have they explored their relationships with social inequalities.
Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley, 1796–1916
An environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines.