The Presidio: From Army Post to National Park
How a site in San Francisco that had been a military base for much of its modern history became a unique, urban national park.
How a site in San Francisco that had been a military base for much of its modern history became a unique, urban national park.
An account of how water pollution control policy emerged during the seminal decades of environmental activism, with reference to the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world: the Great Lakes.
An investigation, based on both fieldwork and historical sources, of changing land use practices in the Amazonian floodplain forest.
A collection of essays that, as a whole, considers strong private property rights as crucial for environmental protection.
Chronicles how industry developed a continental perspective in a shared regional space, the mineralized West, and how successful efforts of governments and citizens to protect the environment evolved.
An investigation into the introduction of European diseases to native peoples on the Pacific Northwest coast (North America).
An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.
An environmental and social history of the Salton Sea, a saline lake in southern California.
A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.