geography

Denis Wood takes a fresh look at what maps do, whose interests they serve, and how they can be used in surprising, creative, and radical ways.

Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power.

In his work, Francaviglia proposes “to tell the story of how the Great Basin’s environment resonates in the spiritual lives of all its people”.

This volume provides a renewed vision of the issue of collective properties, an issue previously distorted by passions, and now mostly forgotten.

Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change.

Sigurd Bergmann, Carson Fellow from December 2011 until February 2012, talks about his research concerning religious worldviews and the perception of the environment.

Brian Donahue offers an innovative, accessible, and authoritative history of the early farming practices of Concord, Massachusetts.

Geography and History is the first book for more than a century to examine comprehensively the interdependence of the two disciplines.

Prominent Austrian and German scholars combine science and humanities in interdisciplinary approaches to humans and their environment.